Indianola School District

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The Indianola School District is a former public school district based in Indianola, Mississippi (USA). In July 2014, it was merged into the Sunflower County Consolidated School District. [1]

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History

Isabel Lee was the school district's first African-American board member. [2]

After the U.S. v. Indianola Municipal School District court case ruled in favor of the federal government on a Friday, the White townspeople almost immediately established Indianola Academy, with classes beginning on a Monday. Plans to establish a segregation academy had been in the running prior to the court case. Isabel Lee, then the sole African-American on the board, recalled that no White students showed up at Gentry High School on that Monday. By 1985, over 90% of the pupils and most of the teachers in the school district were African-American. [3]

In 2009 the State of Mississippi took over the school district because it had insufficient funds, and was therefore unable to meet payroll. In February 2012 the Mississippi Senate voted 43-4 to pass Senate Bill 2330, to consolidate the Indianola School District, the Drew School District, and the Sunflower County School District into one school district. The bill went to the Mississippi House of Representatives. [4] In May 2012 Governor of Mississippi Phil Bryant signed the bill into law, requiring all three districts to consolidate. [5] SB2330 stipulates that if a county has three school districts all under conservatorship by the Mississippi Department of Education will have them consolidated into one school district serving the entire county. For the 2012-2013 school year Indianola School District remained a separate school district. [6]

In July 2014, the Indianola School District was merged into the Sunflower County Consolidated School District. [1]

Schools

Zoned secondary schools: [7]

Zoned primary schools: [7]

Indianola Career and Technical Center and Indianola Academic Achievement Academy, 10-12 schools, were also a part of the district. [7]

In the mid-2000s the schools (aside from Gentry) were Lockard Elementary School, Carver Lower Elementary School, Carver Upper Elementary School, Robert L. Merritt Middle School, and Pennington Jr. High School. [8]

Demographics

As of 1996 9 of 10 students in the Indianola School District were African-American. Most of the White students who attend Indianola public schools transfer to private schools by junior high school. [9] In 2012 Sarah Carr of The Atlantic said "While there's some modest racial integration at Indianola's public elementary schools, by high school all but a few white students have departed." [10]

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 2,589 students enrolled in the Indianola School District during the 2006-2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 49% female and 51% male. The racial makeup of the district was 95.21% African American, 3.59% White, 0.97% Hispanic, 0.23% Asian. [11] 84.8% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch. [12]

Previous school years

School YearEnrollmentGender MakeupRacial Makeup
FemaleMaleAsianAfrican
American		HispanicNative
American		White
2005-06 [11] 2,66548%52%0.26%95.05%0.98%–3.71%
2004-05 [11] 2,71247%53%0.22%94.40%1.03%–4.35%
2003-04 [11] 2,81548%52%0.18%93.61%0.89%–5.33%
2002-03 [13] 2,79349%51%0.25%94.20%0.72%–4.83%

Accountability statistics

2006-07 [14] 2005-06 [15] 2004-05 [16] 2003-04 [17] 2002-03 [18]
District Accreditation StatusAccreditedAccreditedAccreditedAccreditedAccredited
School Performance Classifications
Level 5 (Superior Performing) Schools01000
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools00100
Level 3 (Successful) Schools22120
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools32234
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools00100
Not Assigned11112

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References

  1. 1 2 Wright, Megan (April 20, 2012). "Bryant Signs Bill Forcing Sunflower School Merger". Mississippi Business Journal. Archived from the original on November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  2. ↑ Moye, J. Todd. Let the People Decide: Black Freedom and White Resistance Movements in Sunflower County, Mississippi, 1945-1986. UNC Press Books, 2004. 180. Retrieved from Google Books on March 2, 2011. ISBN   0-8078-5561-8, ISBN   978-0-8078-5561-4.
  3. ↑ Moye, J. Todd. Let the People Decide: Black Freedom and White Resistance Movements in Sunflower County, Mississippi, 1945-1986. UNC Press Books, 2004. 179. Retrieved from Google Books on March 2, 2011. ISBN   0-8078-5561-8, ISBN   978-0-8078-5561-4.
  4. ↑ Wright, Chance. "Senate passes school merger Archived 2014-06-02 at the Wayback Machine ." Bolivar Commercial . February 2012. Retrieved on March 25, 2012.
  5. ↑ Wright, Chance. "Bryant signs school merger Archived 2014-06-02 at the Wayback Machine ." The Bolivar Commercial . Retrieved on June 13, 2012.
  6. ↑ Doyle, Rory. "Drew, Ruleville prepare to merge Archived 2014-06-02 at the Wayback Machine ." Bolivar Commercial . Retrieved on August 30, 2012.
  7. 1 2 3 "Schools Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine ." Indianola School District. Retrieved on August 17, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Home." Indianola School District. Retrieved on August 17, 2010.
  9. ↑ Sanchez, Rene. "Academies Are Final Bastions Of Separateness Series: IN SEARCH OF THE SOUTH; SURVIVORS OF THE SIXTIES Series Number: 4/6 Archived 2012-11-03 at the Wayback Machine ." The Washington Post . July 17, 1996. A01. Retrieved on August 17, 2010. "There are five public schools. Nearly nine of 10 students enrolled in them are black. And the small number of whites who do send their children to public schools usually switch to the academy once they reach junior high."
  10. ↑ Carr, Sarah. "In Southern Towns, 'Segregation Academies' Are Still Going Strong." The Atlantic . December 13, 2012. Retrieved on March 29, 2013.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System". Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education. Archived from the original on March 23, 2007.
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