MPSD is relieved from a federal consent decree wtok.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wtok.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A majority-Black Mississippi school district received a judge's approval Tuesday to shed federal supervision in a decades-old desegregation lawsuit that included a 2013 order to move away from harsh discipline that disproportionately affected Black students. U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate praised the Meridian Public School District for reducing the number of suspensions that led some students to drop out of school. “Meridian is no longer known for a school-to-prison pipeline,” the district's
Crestwood Elementary teachers, students celebrate W I G Day wtok.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wtok.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A judge on Tuesday released the Meridian Public School District from federal supervision stemming from a decades-old desegregation lawsuit that included a 2013 order for the district to improve disciplinary