Jackson public schools take over

A spokesman says Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant will carefully consider whether to declare an extreme emergency in the state’s second largest school district.
The State Board of Education voted Thursday to recommend that Bryant make the declaration about Jackson Public Schools because of academic and accountability problems. The governor must take the step before the state can take over the district with 27,000 students.
The school accreditation commission said it found several problems in the district. Allegations include seniors graduating without showing they met requirements, teachers providing ineffective instruction and schools being unsafe.
The state has taken over several school districts in the past, but never one as large as Jackson’s.