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Lee Co. Schools start 5 year plan, reflect on pandemic
Lee Co. School Board Meeting By Gabrielle Ware | February 23, 2021 at 7:27 AM EST - Updated February 23 at 7:55 AM
Leesburg, Ga. (WALB) - Lee County School Board members want to use their experience learned during the pandemic, to set their goals for the system’s future.
School board members started developing their five-year plan Monday. In Phase One of the process school officials gather information from students, parents, and staff. The school board heard details of the plan Monday night (Source: WALB)
Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Susan Manry, told WALB that means talking to “stakeholders, students, we’re actually asking for parents to be involved and tonight we’re actually working with our board.”
Lehigh Middle’s Teresa Rigdon named Educational Support Person of the Year
By MEGHAN BRADBURY - | Feb 17, 2021
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The desire to help, heal and share her love with people has earned Lehigh Acres Middle School’s Teresa Rigdon. the honor of Educational Support Person of the Year for the School District of Lee County.
“My reaction when I was surprised, was surreal. I was just so amazed that I was being rewarded for something that I am so passionate about. I do not look at my work in terms of ‘work,’ income or reward,” said Rigdon, a peer mediation counselor. “I show up each day hoping to help one or two people and I leave knowing I helped much more than that. I was honored to represent our LAMS family and appreciative of the support and recognition of my co-workers and the district. It truly takes a village and I have been blessed to work alongside so many caring people who strive to change the culture of our schools and for the betterment of
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⢠The second round of COVID-19 relief funding for Northeast Mississippiâs K-12 schools is around four times larger than the first, with local schools receiving millions of dollars in aid.
Mississippi will receive about $724 million in Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds as part of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act enacted in December, compared to $169 million from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act enacted last March.
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) can use up to 10% of the total allocation, $72 million. The rest will go to schools.
Mississippiâs K-12 schools were allocated a total of $652 million. Each district was notified by the MDE of their total allocation amount on Feb. 5.