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South Delta School District
The South Delta School District (SDSD) is a public school district based in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, USA. The district serves all of Sharkey County, including the towns of Rolling Fork, Anguilla, and Cary, as well as the unincorporated areas of Delta City, Nitta Yuma, and Panther Burn. It also serves most of Issaquena County, including the town of Mayersville, the unincorporated area of Valley Park, and most of the unincorporated area of Grace. Currently the district administration and the schools have differing sites, with the middle school being in Anguilla. Previously the elementary school, the high school, and the district administration were on the same site in Rolling Fork. Schools *South Delta High School (Rolling Fork) *South Delta Middle School (Anguilla) *South Delta Elementary School (Rolling Fork) *South Delta Vocational Complex ("VoTech") Administration The High School Principal is Mr Adrian Dorsey. The Middle School Principal is Mr Mark Beechem. The Elemen ...
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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 ...
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Mayersville, Mississippi
Mayersville is a town on the east bank of the Mississippi River, and the county seat for Issaquena County, Mississippi, United States. It is located in the Mississippi Delta region, known for cotton cultivation in the antebellum era. Once the trading center for the county, the town was superseded when railroads were built into the area. The population of the majority-black town was 547 at the 2010 census, down from 795 at the 2000 census. History Native Americans had lived in this area since prehistoric times. The Mayersville Archeological Site, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, is on privately owned land. It contains the remains of earthwork mounds constructed primarily in the Mayersville phase ( 1200–1400) of the earlier Mississippian culture. A 1950 survey by Philip Phillips of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology reported eleven ancient mounds. By the time the site was nominated by the state to the National Register of Historic ...
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Education In Sharkey County, Mississippi
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Various researchers emphasize the role of critical thinking in order to distinguish education from indoctrination. Some theorists require that education results in an improvement of the student while others prefer a value-neutral definition of the term. In a slightly different sense, education may also refer, not to the process, but to the product of this process: the mental states and dispositions possessed by educated people. Education originated as the transmission of cultural heritage from one generation to the next. Today, educational goals increasingly encompass new ideas such as the liberation of learners, skills needed for modern society, empathy, and complex vocational skills. Types of education are commonly divided into formal, ...
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Sharkey-Issaquena Academy
Sharkey-Issaquena Academy is a Private school, private, nonsectarian, school in Rolling Fork, Mississippi. It was founded as a segregation academy in 1970. History In 1970, one year after the Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court decided ''Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education'', which ordered desegregation of schools, white parents opposed to integration doubled the enrollment of the SIA (from 150 to 300). In 1982, Issaquena County public schools superintendent Dunbar Lee said he sent his children to Sharkey-Issaquena Academy because public school standards were not "what they were like before integration." Lee added that there were "so many more slow learners in public schools" In 1989, the school forfeited a football game to Heritage Academy (Mississippi), Heritage Academy because the other school had a black player. As late as 1995 the student body was 100% white. In the 2009–2010 school year, there were 201 students enrolled (excludin ...
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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 ...
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South Delta High School
South Delta High School is a public high school in Rolling Fork, Mississippi (United States). The school serves students in grades nine through twelve. South Delta High is part of the South Delta School District; the district serves all of Sharkey County, including the towns of Rolling Fork, Anguilla, and Cary, as well as the unincorporated areas of Delta City, Nitta Yuma, and Panther Burn. It also serves most of Issaquena County, including the town of Mayersville, the unincorporated area of Valley Park, and most of the unincorporated area of Grace. The school's mascot is the Bulldog. The school's colors are red, gold, and black. Demographics There were a total of 374 students enrolled in South Delta High during the 20062007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 53% female and 47% male. The racial makeup of the school was 97.06% African American, 2.41% White, and 0.53% Hispanic. Notable alumni * Tavares Washington, American football player See also *List of ...
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Mississippi Department Of Education
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is the state education agency of Mississippi. It is headquartered in the former Central High School Building at 359 North West Street in Jackson. The State Superintendent of Education is Carey M. Wright. Operations In August 2015 smoke from a fire in a nearby hotel, as well as water resulting from the incident, damaged the Central High building, so the MDE temporarily moved its headquarters to the South Pointe Business Park in Clinton. The headquarters were scheduled to move back on July 25, 2016. Structure State Superintendent The constitution designates the state superintendent the chief administrative officer of the Department of Education. Mississippi Board of Education The Mississippi Board of Education is responsible for setting public education policy, monitoring school funding and appointing the State Superintendent of Education. The nine-member Board is appointed according to the rules in the Mississippi Constitutio ...
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Grace, Mississippi
Grace is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Issaquena County, Mississippi, United States. It is located several miles northeast of Mayersville. Grace has a post office with the ZIP code 38745. It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 77. History Grace is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. In 1910, Grace was home to five general stores, a grocery store, a blacksmith, and a drug store. Grace Mounds, which are listed on the Mississippi Mound Trail, are located near Grace. Demographics 2020 census ''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.'' Climate The climate in this area is characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Gr ...
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Valley Park, Mississippi
Valley Park is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Issaquena County, Mississippi, United States. Its elevation is 95 feet (29 m). Although unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 39177. The Aden Archaeological Site is located east of Valley Park. It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 71. History Valley Park is located on the Canadian National Railway and was originally known as Halpin. A post office operated under the name Halpin from 1884 to 1890 and first began operating under the name Valley Park in 1890. Demographics 2020 census ''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.'' Film set A movie set resembling a rural radio station was constructed west of Valley Park in order to film a scene for the movie ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' ...
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Issaquena County, Mississippi
Issaquena County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,406, making it the least populous county in the United States east of the Mississippi River. Its county seat is Mayersville. With a per-capita income of $18,598, Issaquena County is, by that measure, the poorest county in the United States. Issaquena County is located in the Mississippi Delta region. The Mississippi River flows along the entire western boundary of the county, and many of the earliest communities were river ports. The county's economy is chiefly based on agriculture, though a number of hunting camps are also located here and contribute to the economy. Mississippi's two most recent records for the heaviest alligator taken by a hunter have both been in Issaquena County, the latest in 2012 when a alligator was killed at a camp near Fitler. History "Issaquena" (''isi okhina'') is a Choctaw word meaning "Deer River"; it is the Indian name for D ...
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Rolling Fork, Mississippi
Rolling Fork is a town in Sharkey County, Mississippi. The population was 1,883 as of the 2020 Census. It is the county seat of Sharkey County. History Thomas Y. Chaney located here in 1828, and was the first settler in the county. Deer Creek flows through the settlement, and Chaney called the place "Rolling Fork" because of the swiftness of the water at a fork in the creek there. A post office was established in 1848. When Sharkey County was established in 1876, Rolling Fork was made the county seat. A newspaper, ''The Deer Creek Pilot'', was established in 1884. The Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway was built through Rolling Fork in 1883. It was later acquired by the Illinois Central Railroad. In 1908, the Bank of Rolling Fork was established. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 1,883 people, 857 households, and 498 families resi ...
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Panther Burn, Mississippi
Panther Burn is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located along U.S. Route 61 in northwestern Sharkey County, Mississippi, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code of 38765. It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 115. Demographics 2020 census ''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.'' Education It is a part of the South Delta School District, which operates South Delta High School. Popular culture Panther Burn is the setting of Alice Walker's short story "Roselily", the opening story in her first short story collection, ''In Love and Trouble: Stories of Black Women''. The band Tav Falco's Panther Burns, which originated in nearby Memphis Memphis most commonly refers to: * Memphis, Egypt, a former capital of ancient Egypt * Memphis, Tennesse ...
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