Brad Shonk, a fourth-grade teacher at Nichols Elementary in Biloxi, has been named the Mississippi Teacher of the Year.
LONG BEACH The search committee for the vice president of the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast has narrowed the candidates to three, Dr. Betsy Vogel-Boze; Dr. Frances Lucas; and Dr. Andrew Rogerson. The candidates will visit the campus over the next two weeks.
BILOXI - Thirty-nine teachers in the Biloxi School District found out late Tuesday their contracts would not be renewed for the next school year.
GAUTIER University of South Alabama officials say they have decided not to accept an invitation at this time to place a satellite campus in Gautier, Miss., but USA will continue to provide the same educational services as in the past for students in coastal Mississippi.
St. Stanislaus College today announced the resignation of Paul Verlander as principal, effective Friday.
State Superintendent Hank Bounds has been named the next commissioner for the Institutes of Higher Learning, the board announced today.
Here are the graduates of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, by campus:
Josef Jackson of St. Patrick Catholic School in Gulfport is the 2009 State Spelling Bee Champion.
BAY ST. LOUIS An unnamed teacher has been dismissed from the Bay-Waveland School District for policy violations that were not publicly specified.
Bay-Waveland Schools superintendent Kim Stasny has confirmed the termination of a teacher for violation of school policy.
Gautier High School, Pascagoula High School, St. Martin High School, Pass Christian and Hancock High are Coast schools named among America's Best High Schools by U.S. News and World Report, as published Thursday on its Web site.
