Cathead Jam has wrapped up another successful year, and with the help of your ticket purchases, students in underserved Mississippi communities will receive brand-new resources.
Cathead Jam has wrapped up another successful year, and with the help of your ticket purchases, students in underserved Mississippi communities will receive brand-new resources.
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Last spring, just after schools pivoted to virtual learning, dozens of parents from the School District of Lancaster signed an op-ed calling attention to the plight of our district in light of the pandemic (âPublic school funding at risk during pandemic,â April 25 LNP | LancasterOnline).
In February 2020, School District of Lancaster Superintendent Damaris Rau announced that our district was facing a $10 million deficit. Knowing that communities of color would bear the brunt of the pandemic, we feared the impending wreckage. Accordingly, we asked our lawmakers to fund our public schools fairly and adequately.
A year later, our call is more pressing than ever.