City schools embrace challenge to improve
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Superintendent Shannon Sudbury speaks during the State of the District address Monday. Photo by Jamie PattersonBy JAMIE PATTERSON
Herald Reporter
The clock has started ticking for two city schools to improve their status to avoid state intervention.
The first annual State of the District address was held Monday evening for the Yazoo City Municipal School District.
The atmosphere at the address was upbeat and optimistic as evaluators and representatives from the state department of education revealed their findings to the community.
McCoy Elementary School and Yazoo City High School are on the radar within the district. McCoy is listed as a failing school, while Yazoo City High is considered at risk of failing. -------for the rest of the story see The Yazoo Herald printed edition or subscribe to the Digital Edition.----------
Dear Editor:
In the 6 April 2013 edition of The Yazoo Herald you published a letter from Cynthia Fuller, "Thanks to (Van) Foster for helping get bridge replaced."
After reading this lettter, I had the impression that the bridge was completed and traffic was moving along normally.
Wrong! Last Sunday I was on my way to homecoming at Providence Baptist Church. I turned north onto old 49 and saw the signs that the bridge was out. I assumed that they hadn't gotten around to removing the signs. I expected to cross Thompson Creek on the new bridge. When I approached the creek the road was barricaded and construction equipment was down in the creek.
Perhaps The Herald can keep us updated as to the progress being made on the new bridge.
Nan Harvey
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