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Natchez-Adams Faculty District awarded at Mississippi Faculty Boards Affiliation convention
Revealed 6:00 am Saturday, February 25, 2023
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Sanding on the podium is Denotris R. Jackson, Mississippi Faculty Boards Affiliation Government Director; MSBA President Cecil J. Lizana; Dr. Brenda Robinson, NASD Board of Trustees; Delores McNair, Vice-President; and Danny Cowart Secretary and Treasurer. (Submitted)
Lekita Davis, Faculty Board Secretary; Orisha Mims, Principal of Natchez Center Faculty; Zandra McDonald-Inexperienced, Deputy Superintendent; and Tony Fields, Public Engagement Coordinator. (Submitted)
NATCHEZ — Natchez-Adams Faculty District officers obtained recognition this week on the 51st annual convention of the Mississippi Faculty Boards Affiliation.
The convention was held Feb. 20 by way of 22 in Jackson.
NASD obtained a Lantern Award and a Torch Award.
The Lantern Award is given to high school districts with a B letter grade underneath the Mississippi Division of Training Accountability Efficiency Scores.
The Torch Award is given to high school districts rated C or greater underneath the MDE Accountability Efficiency Scores the place 90 % or extra of the district’s college students are taking part within the federal free or decreased lunch program and a minimum of one faculty is rated B and no colleges are rated F.
In keeping with a 2023 report from MDE, NASD has a four-year commencement price of 88.4 % and a dropout price of seven.6 %.
Individually, colleges in NASD had been graded as follows: Joseph Frazier Elementary, B; Gilmer McLaurin Elementary, A; Susie B. West Elementary, C; Morgantown Center Faculty, C; Robert Lewis Magnet Faculty, C; Natchez Freshman Academy, C; Natchez Early Faculty and Natchez Excessive Faculty, C.
MDE assigns faculty and district efficiency grades on an annual foundation primarily based on scholar achievement, particular person scholar progress, commencement and dropout charges and participation charges. Statewide assessments are used to measure scholar proficiency and progress in grades 3-8 and highschool college students taking end-of-course topic space assessments in Algebra I, English II, Biology, and U.S. Historical past.