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Jackson County School District (Mississippi)
The Jackson County School District (JCSD) is a public school district based in Jackson County, Mississippi, Jackson County, Mississippi (United States, USA). The district serves the communities of: Big Point, Mississippi, Big Point, Gulf Hills, Mississippi, Gulf Hills, Hurley, Mississippi, Hurley, Latimer, Mississippi, Latimer, St. Martin, Mississippi, St. Martin, Vancleave, Mississippi, Vancleave, Wade, Mississippi, Wade, and portions of Escatawpa, Mississippi, Escatawpa and Gautier, Mississippi, Gautier. The district is headquartered in Vancleave. Schools *East Central Attendance Center **East Central High School (Grades 9-12) **East Central Middle School (Grades 6-8) **East Central Upper Elementary (Grades 3-5) **East Central Lower Elementary (Grades PreK-2) *Vancleave Attendance Center **Vancleave High School (Grades 9-12) **Vancleave Middle School (Grades 6-8) **Vancleave Upper Elementary (Grades 3-5) **Vancleave Lower Elementary (Grades PreK-2) *St. Martin Attendance Cente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School District
A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations. North America United States In the U.S, most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts, which usually operate several schools, and the largest urban and suburban districts operate hundreds of schools. While practice varies significantly by state (and in some cases, within a state), most American school districts operate as independent local governmental units under a grant of authority and within geographic limits created by state law. The executive and legislative power over locally controlled policies and operations of an independent school district are, in most cases, held by a school district's board of education. Depending on state law, members of a local board of education (often referred to informally as a school board) may be elected, appointed by a political office holder, serve ex officio, or a combination of any of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escatawpa, Mississippi
Escatawpa is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Pascagoula Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,254 at the 2020 census. History The community takes its name from the Escatawpa River. A post office called Escatawpa was established in 1885. In 1990, the original center of Escatawpa was annexed into the city of Moss Point, located just to the south. The adjoining unincorporated area north of Moss Point is the current Escatawpa census-designated place. The city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. Escatawpa is the home of the rock band 3 Doors Down. Escatawpa is 6 miles north of Pascagoula. In 1906, the population of Escatawpa was 500. Geography The Escatawpa CDP is in eastern Jackson County on the east side of the Pascagoula River. It is bordered to the south by the city of Moss Point. The original community of Escatawpa, now a neighborhood in Moss Point, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of School Districts In Mississippi
This is a list of school districts in Mississippi. Alcorn County *Alcorn School District * Corinth School District Attala County * Attala County School District * Kosciusko School District Bolivar County *Cleveland School District *North Bolivar Consolidated School District *West Bolivar Consolidated School District Chickasaw County *Chickasaw County School District *Okolona Municipal Separate School District Clarke County * Enterprise School District *Quitman School District Coahoma County *Clarksdale Municipal School District * Coahoma County School District Copiah County * Copiah County School District * Hazlehurst City School District Forrest County * Forrest County Agricultural High School *Forrest County School District *Hattiesburg Public School District * Petal School District Hancock County *Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District * Hancock County School District Harrison County *Biloxi Public School District * Gulfport School District *Harrison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SWAT Team
In the United States, a SWAT team (special weapons and tactics, originally special weapons assault team) is a police tactical unit that uses specialized or military equipment and tactics. Although they were first created in the 1960s to handle riot control or violent confrontations with criminals, the number and usage of SWAT teams increased in the 1980s and 1990s during the War on Drugs and later in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. In the United States by 2005, SWAT teams were deployed 50,000 times every year, almost 80% of the time to serve search warrants, most often for narcotics. By 2015 that number had increased to nearly 80,000 times a year. SWAT teams are increasingly equipped with military-type hardware and trained to deploy against threats of terrorism, for crowd control, hostage taking, and in situations beyond the capabilities of ordinary law enforcement, sometimes deemed "high-risk". SWAT units are often equipped with automatic and specialized fire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson County Sheriff's Office (Mississippi)
The Jackson County Sheriff's Office is a law enforcement agency located in Jackson County, Mississippi, Jackson County, Mississippi, which is responsible of providing law enforcement services to areas of the county that are Unincorporated areas, unincorporated communities which do not have their own local police force. With over 200 officers, it is the largest law enforcement agency in Jackson County. The current sheriff for the Jackson County Sheriff's Office is John Ledbetter (Acting). The county's largest city in population is Pascagoula, Mississippi. History In 2000, Deputy Sheriff Bruce Wayne Evans was killed while on duty. The cause of death was "vehicular assault", and the assailant received a life sentence. Organization The Jackson County Sheriff's Office provides law enforcement services to the Unincorporated areas, unincorporated communities in Jackson County, Mississippi. These communities are: *Big Point, Mississippi, Big Point *Escatawpa, Mississippi, Esca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bomb Threat
A bomb threat or bomb scare is a threat, usually verbal or written, to detonate an explosive or incendiary device to cause property damage, death, injuries, and/or incite fear, whether or not such a device actually exists. History Bomb threats were used to incite fear and violence during the American Civil Rights Movement, during which leader of the movement Martin Luther King Jr. received multiple bomb threats during public addresses, and schools forced to integrate faced strong opposition, resulting in 43 bomb threats against Central High School in Arkansas being broadcast on TV and the radio. Motivations Supposed motives for bomb threats include: "humor, self assertion, anger, manipulation, aggression, hate and devaluation, omnipotence, fantasy, psychotic distortion, ideology, retaliation," and creating chaos. Many of the motives based on personal emotion are speculative. Many bomb threats that are not pranks are made as parts of other crimes, such as extortion, arson, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portable Document Format
Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.Adobe Systems IncorporatedPDF Reference, Sixth edition, version 1.23 (53 MB) Nov 2006, p. 33. Archiv/ref> Based on the PostScript language, each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a fixed-layout flat document, including the text, fonts, vector graphics, raster images and other information needed to display it. PDF has its roots in "The Camelot Project" initiated by Adobe co-founder John Warnock in 1991. PDF was standardized as ISO 32000 in 2008. The last edition as ISO 32000-2:2020 was published in December 2020. PDF files may contain a variety of content besides flat text and graphics including logical structuring elements, interactive elements such as annotations and form-fields, layers, rich media (including video con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancleave High School
Vancleave High School is a "High Performing" public high school located in the unincorporated community of Vancleave, Mississippi, United States. The school serves students in grades 9– 12 and is a part of the Jackson County School District in Mississippi. The campus is located on 12424 MS-57 in Vancleave, Mississippi. Athletics The Vancleave High School sports team mascot is the Bulldog. Vancleave Athletics consists of Football, Track, Swimming, Cross Country, Softball, Soccer, Volleyball, Basketball, Golf, and Baseball. Faculty Vancleave High School's faculty consists of one main Principal and one Assistant Principal. It also consists of Secretaries, Counselors, and Teachers that are listed by departments. Vancleave Schools are also overseen by one Assistant Superintendent, and three bookkeepers. Administration * Current Superintendent, John Strycker * Former Superintendent, Barry Amacker * Todd Knight, Vice Superintendent Notable alumni * Chris White, linebacker of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gautier, Mississippi
Gautier ( ) is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States, along the Gulf of Mexico west of Pascagoula. It is part of the Pascagoula Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 18,572 at the 2010 census, up from 11,681 at the 2000 census. In 2002, Gautier had annexed land more than doubling its area. Gautier is a bedroom resort community surrounded by bayous and wetlands on three sides. The natural environment of Gautier offers many opportunities for recreation and eco-tourism. The Gulf Coast region, of which Gautier is a part, has been considered a relatively high growth area of the state; however, the loss of houses and jobs after Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005 led to outmigration in 2006. History The town takes its name from the Gautier family that originated in Lyon, France. Fernando Upton Gautier (1822–1891) was born on a cargo ship as his parents were emigrating to New Orleans. In 1867, Gautier established a spacious homestead"Ocean Springs Archives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wade, Mississippi
Wade is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Pascagoula Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,074 at the 2010 census, up from 491 at the 2000 census. Geography Wade is located in northeastern Jackson County at (30.641942, -88.551069), around the intersection of Mississippi Highway 63 and Mississippi Highway 614. Highway 63 leads north to Lucedale and south to Pascagoula, the Jackson county seat. Highway 614 leads east to Hurley and west to Mississippi Highway 57 north of Vancleave. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Wade CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.44%, are water. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 996 people, 483 households, and 288 families residing in the CDP. 2000 census At the 2000 census, there were 491 people, 169 households and 147 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 112 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson County, Mississippi
Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 139,668, making it the fifth-most populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Pascagoula. The county was named for Andrew Jackson, general in the United States Army and afterward President of the United States. Jackson County is included in the Pascagoula, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located at the southeastern tip of the state. The county has sandy soil and is in the Piney Woods area. It borders the state of Alabama on its east side. The county was severely damaged by both Hurricane Camille in August 1969 and Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, which caused catastrophic effects. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (31%) is water. It is the largest county in Mississippi by total area. Despite the county's name, Jackson County does not contain the City of Jackson, the latter is l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancleave, Mississippi
Vancleave is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Pascagoula Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,886 at the 2010 census, up from 4,910 at the 2000 census. Geography Vancleave occupies a large portion of central Jackson County; according to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.21%, are water. The original hamlet of Vancleave is along Mississippi Highway 57 on high ground north of the valley of Bluff Creek. The CDP limits extend north as far as Mississippi Highway 614 (Wade–Vancleave Road), east to the Pascagoula River and Ward Bayou, and south to the Gautier city line at the mouth of Bluff Creek. The western boundary is formed mainly by Bluff Creek and Highway 57. Vancleave is northwest of Pascagoula, the Jackson county seat, and northeast of Biloxi. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
