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Seminary, MS 39479

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NEWS RELEASE
Friday, April 5, 2024

Covington County School Board Names Jon Chancelor as the Superintendent of Education.

Collins, Mississippi. Today the Covington County Board of Education named Jon Chancelor as the Superintendent of Education for Covington County Schools. He will assume the duties of superintendent on July 1, 2024.

The school board selected applicants from a wide selection of exceptional candidates. 

A 22-year veteran educator, Mr. Chancelor is currently the Director of Operations for the Covington County School District.  Previously, he has served as social studies teacher, coach, assistant principal, athletic director, middle school principal, and high school principal. He has worked in Lamar County and in Covington County.

His education includes: Enterprise High School (Clarke County), Jones County Junior College, and the University of Southern Mississippi.

Rene’ Shoemaker board president stated, “The five-member Covington County Board of Education is excited to have Mr. Chancelor as our new superintendent.  He has served Covington County school for 13 years in various capacities and we look forward to continued progress under his leadership.”

Quote from Jon Chancelor: “I am thankful for the opportunity to serve Covington County Schools. I am excited to work with the board and all staff throughout the district to make Covington County School District the best that it can be.”

Covington County School Board Names Jon Chancelor as the Superintendent of Education.

We want to say THANK YOU to Mrs. Kadie, our Library Lady, for all that she does to foster a love of reading in our students!

Our library sure is a special place because of Mrs. Kadie Ellis Bryant !!!

Mrs. Kadie was presented with a gift card to purchase some books for her to read for fun because she really practices what she preaches!!!

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Happy National School Librarian Day!

Notice of Special Called Board Meeting

Grandparent Program of The Pine Belt

Thank you to the Covington County School Board for your dedication on behalf of the Covington County School District, Collins, MS!

Left to right: Scott McRaney, Sammy Herrin, Larry Waters, Rene' Shoemake, and Charles Fairley

School Board Member Recognition Week is February 11 - 17, 2024!

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Lt. Rodney Magee--SRO Mt Olive Attendance Center Captain Joel Wilson-- SRO Hopewell Elementary Paul Magee, Chief SRO
Ronald Barnes, Assistant Chief SRO/ School Violence Prevention Coordinator--Seminary Schools
Officer Earnest Rankin--SRO Collins High School

CCSD Security Resource Officer (SRO) Appreciation Week Tuesday, January 16 - Friday, January 19, 2024

Covington County Hospital donated eight insulated coolers to the Covington County School District Athletic Training program. On hand to accept the coolers was Kevin "Pep" Culpepper, Athletic Trainer for the Covington County School District (center). This donation will help support athletic programs in all Covington County schools. Presenting the coolers on behalf of CCH are David Culpepper, Director of Marketing (left), and Mike Williamson, Director of Physical Therapy (right).

CCH Donates Coolers to Covington County Schools Athletic Training Program

Mississippi State Wide Testing Calendar 2023-2024

2023 -2024 TEST DATES

**Covington County School District, Collins, Mississippi****At-a-Glance ****October 2023***   **Accountability label for district: B**
*   **Total number of students enrolled: 2,553**
*   **Average Daily Attendance: 93.92%**
*   **Graduation rate: 85.00%**
*   **ACT average score: 16.8 **
*   **Number of English Language Learners: 80**
*   **Number of: Homeless Students, 12.  Foster Students, 24.  Unaccompanied Youth, 32**
*   **Special Programs: Number of students, 635 (168 – speech and 57 – gifted in grades 2 – 6.)  Number of teachers: 47 SPED and 2 gifted.  Speech Pathologists: 5.  Budget: IDEA - $758,381.00 and Preschool - $35,759.00.**
*   **Number of CCSD Employees: 474.  263 certified (105 – A; 131 – AA; 20 – AAA, and 7-   AAAA) and 211 classified.  (35 new employees)**
*   **Number with National Board Certification: 15.**
*   **Number of buses: 65 (14 spares) and number of bus drivers, 51.**
*   **Number of food service employees: 38 fulltime and 2 substitutes.**** Number of meals served per week (approximately): 9,270 breakfasts and 9,755     lunches.  Meals for 60 students are provided to the Pre-K program at Hopewell.***   **Number of electronic devices: 7,500 (approximate).**
*   **Total CCSD payroll for the month (approximate): $1.9 million.**
*   **Total CCSD yearly budget: $23.3 million (excluding federal funds)**
*   **Federal Programs Revenue, Fiscal Year 2024: ****Title I -   $1,587,479.00 ****Title II - $96,806.00****Title IV - $116,642.00 ****Title V - $69,151.00 ***   **Number of 16th section acres: 8,320.  Annual Revenue: $206,740.41**
*   **Covington County School District is the second largest employer in Covington County. (Sanderson Farms has approximately 1,500 employees, CCSD has 474 employees and Covington County Hospital has 440 employees.)**
*   **Website: https://www.covingtoncountyschools.org/en-US****Prepared October 2023 by Gwen Keys Hitt, 601.517.4438. ****Covington County School District Leadership Team, 2023-2024****Superintendent***   **Babette Duty****Assistant Superintendents ***   **Susan Deen, Curriculum Director**
*   **Rachel Rogers, Special Programs Director****Federal Programs Director***   **Missy Rogers****Board of Education***   **Rene’ Shoemaker, President**
*   **Charles Fairley, Vice President**
*   **Larry Waters, Secretary**
*   **Sammy Herrin**
*   **Scott McRaney**
*   **Tommy Rogers, Board Attorney****Administrators***   **Collins Elementary School – April Johnson and Jackie Cascio**
*   **Collins High School – Brian Bagwell, Felicia Ballard, and Lester Magee**
*   **Hopewell Elementary School – Joanna Barnes and Jana Bradshaw**
*   **Mount Olive Attendance Center – O’Tonya Gray Walker and Lidina Rankin**
*   **Seminary Elementary School – Angie Palmer and Ashley Underwood**
*   **Seminary Middle School –Tanya Pickering and Karri Barr**
*   **Seminary High School – Justin Russell and Chris White**
*   **Covington County CTE – Laura Cameron**
*   **Education Center – Jefferson Hughes****CCSD Website:** [**https://www.covingtoncountyschools.org/en-US**](https://www.covingtoncountyschools.org/en-US)**CCSD Facebook page:** [**https://www.facebook.com/CovingtonCountySchools/**](https://www.facebook.com/CovingtonCountySchools/) **(Approximately 28,000 views per month.)****Covington County Statistics****Population: 18,340****Average Age: 37.3****Poverty Rate: 23%%****Average Income: $40,233.00****Broadband Access: 59.4%****College Degrees: 15.8%****High School Graduates: 84.2%****Home Schooled: 246 ****Prepared October 2023 by Gwen Keys Hitt**

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Woohoo!!! We did it again!!! Thank you for all the hard work from our students, teachers, parents, and other stakeholders. We are so proud of this major accomplishment. We are also working to keep this standard of excellence for this year and many, many years to come!!

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