By VERNON SIKES
Herald Correspondent

In this week's school board meeting, Yazoo County School District Superintendent Becky Fisher expressed frustration with the construction of the district's new administration building and the four sixth grade classrooms.
“The dates to move into the central office and the sixth grade have been changed three times,” Fisher said. “That is not OK.”
Asked why the completion dates were changed, she said, “because of weather, because of various reasons.”
Original completion dates were February for the administrative offices and last December for the sixth grade class classrooms.
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By VERNON SIKES
Herald Correspondent

Last October's audit of the Yazoo City Municipal School painted a dismal picture of the conditions of some of the schools in which Yazoo City's students spend most of their waking hours. Only one school, McCoy Elementary School, which is the district's newest school, earned words of praise.
“McCoy Elementary is a relatively new school and has been well taken care of,” wrote Ennis Proctor, the Mississippi State Department of Education official who evaluated all the district's physical plants. “There were very few areas that needed attention.
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SimmonsBy JAMIE PATTERSON
Managing Editor

A habitual offender is back behind bars after a routine traffic stop led to the discovery of drugs.
Jimmie Simmons, 31, of Yazoo City, was charged with felony possession of marijuana, no driver’s license, no insurance and no seatbelt last week.
Maj. Tilmon Clifton said Simmons was the driver of a vehicle that was stopped by officers on Maynie Avenue.
“A felony amount of drugs were found inside his vehicle,” Clifton said. “Upon further investigation, we were able to obtain a search warrant for Simmons’ house.”
Simmons has several residences listed on his record, but a warrant was issued for 126 Summerhaven Dr.
“A felony amount of marijuana was recovered from the home,” Clifton said.
Simmons has a lengthy record with the police department.
“He was just arrested for similar charges not too long ago,” Clifton said. “He was out on bond from those felony charges when he was arrested this time.”
Simmons remained in jail as of press time. He was not eligible for bond.

By VERNON SIKES
Herald Correspondent

State education officials will meet Thursday to take action on a recommendation to downgrade Yazoo City Municipal School District's accreditation status from “accredited” to “probation.”
According to a March 14 letter to city school officials from Dr. Paula A. Vanderford, executive secretary of the Mississippi Commission on School Accreditation, the recommendation is based on the findings of a three-day unannounced, on-site visit last October.
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