Mississippi Poised To Take Over Cash-Short District
Mississippi appears poised to take over the financially strapped North Panola school system in Sardis under a so-far-untested law passed in 1991 that allows the state to assume control of troubled districts.
Legislators representing the region served by the school district introduced bills last week to expedite the takeover process, and state auditors and education department officials spent the week in Sardis scrutinizing the district's books.
"In a nutshell, they are broke," said Jim Hemphill, a spokesman for...
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