Browse past news stories for Desoto School in West Helena, AR.
- DeSoto school district says no backpacks for rest of school year to ‘reduce distractions’ (2023)
Starting Monday, DeSoto Independent School District is asking its middle and high school ... - Parents concerned after altercation at Desoto school (2022)
Emotions are boiling over for a Desoto County schools mother after her daughter was ... - DeSoto School Board member jailed (2022)
A DeSoto Parish elected official is in jail. James Coday Johnston, who represents District 6 on the ... - Texas schools receive new A-F grades — see how yours rated (2019)
The Arlington, Cedar Hill and Lancaster districts improved from C's to B's. The DeSoto school district, which recently laid off ... - DeSoto school system to reconsider budget request, eliminate call ... - Memphis Commercial Appeal (2016)
The DeSoto County school system is revisiting its budget request for fiscal 2016-17, seeking to eliminate the call for a smal ... - Two DeSoto schools to honor athletic figures - Memphis Commercial Appeal (2016)
A couple of DeSoto County schools will honor figures important to their athletic programs as a result of naming requests approved Thursday by school board members. T ... - DeSoto school board approves tax rate - Memphis Commercial Appeal (2016)
The DeSoto County school board Thursday approved the district's tax rate for the coming year, setting the stage for presentation to county officials next w ... - DeSoto school officials urge early online registration - Memphis Commercial Appeal (2016)
DeSoto County school officials are urging parents to use the system's online registration program to enroll students before the Aug. 3 start of classes. The InfoSnap program allows parents to enter most required registration information online after ...New civil-rights complai ... - Group lodges new complaints against DeSoto schools, calls for specific actions - Memphis Commercial Appeal (2016)
A group that filed a civil-rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education over disciplinary practices in DeSoto County Schools has submitted a new supporting letter alleging con ... - DeSoto schools wrestle with funding shortfall in new budget - Memphis Commercial Appeal (2016)
DeSoto Times-TribuneThe DeSoto County school system, wrestling like other Mississippi school districts with chronic state underfunding, is looking at a shortfall of just over $11 million for the coming fiscal year. The eff ... - DeSoto School Board to consider $80.5 million budget - Shreveport Times (2016)
DeSoto Parish Schools will have $7 million less to spend on professional development for teachers, district-level personnel, transportation and facilities among other expen ... - DeSoto school system names new principals - Memphis Commercial Appeal (2016)
New principals will take over at two DeSoto County schools July 1. School board members Monday named Elisa Hodges Goss as principal of Walls Elementary, and Bryon William ... - DeSoto schools see improvements in third-grade reading - Memphis Commercial Appeal (2016)
A higher percentage of DeSoto County third-graders passed the state reading test on the first try this year than last, while also beating the statewide average. DeSoto school o ... - DeSoto schools beat state average on graduation, dropout rates - Memphis Commercial Appeal (2016)
Just under 90 percent of DeSoto County's public school students are graduating from high school — higher than the national average, according to new figures fro ... - Podcast: DeSoto school Supt. Cory Uselton discusses first three months in office - Memphis Commercial Appeal (2016)
The new superintendent also touched on a couple of developments affecting the DeSoto school system and him personally — a newly enacted law that will require all superintende ... - DeSoto school board OKs reading gazebo at Hernando Middle - KSL.com (2016)
HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) — Outdoor reading spaces have become the newest trend at DeSoto County schools. The Commercial Appeal (http://bit.ly/1X9fM7O ) ... - DeSoto school board approves reading gazebo at Hernando Middle - Memphis Commercial Appeal (2016)
DeSoto County school board members Tuesday approved construction of an outdoor reading area gazebo at Hernando Middle School, continuing a trend that has become the newest r ... - Feds probe discrimination claim against DeSoto schools - Jackson Clarion Ledger (2016)
WASHINGTON - Federal education officials are investigating whether disciplinary practices at the DeSoto County School District discriminate against black students and students with disabilities in violation of federal civil rights laws. Two groups ...U.S. Dept. of Education investigating possible discrimination in DeSoto Count ...
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