The 2011-2012 Needs Assessment Survey websites are listed below.  The survey completion date is set for Friday, February 17, 2012.  

Please note that you may begin the survey immediately and you are encouraged to have the survey completed as soon as practicable for each school.

All students, Faculty & Staff should complete this important survey.  

Parent Survey

Each school has a quota of 100 Parents Surveys to complete.   One hundred (100) paper copies of the Parent Survey will be provide to each school.  However, all parents should be encouraged to complete the Parent Survey online.

Should you  need any assistance or have any questions regarding this mandatory survey, please call Ralph Hanegan, Survey Coordinator at 601-408-0053 or Angela Jones, Director of Federal Programs at 601-792-2702.

1^st – 3^rd Grade Survey

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22EARALHZ42

4^th – 6^th Grade Survey

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22EASEFJNYC

7^th – 12^th Grade Survey

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22EASNJJTWG

Faculty & Staff Survey

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22EASZLK2NM

Parent Survey

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22EASTGJWWX

In Jefferson Davis County, Ike Haynes was elected as superintendent when the state took over and was able to work with state officials, Perkins said.

"And they were successful. They didn't do that in Hazlehurst," Perkins said.

Jefferson Davis County schools were returned to local control in 2009 and now are labeled successful.

Haynes, who is still the district superintendent, said he would tell anyone who listens that school districts improve under local control and not state control.

Before the state took over, "we were in a deep rut," he said. "We had sunk to the bottom."

But where the situation got "convoluted," Haynes said, is that there weren't clear criteria for returning the district to local control.

"It's easy to know when to get in there, but it's kind of hard to know when to get out," he said.

Some at the Department of Education did not think the district was ready to to be released from conservatorship, Haynes said. But then-state Board of Education Chairman Bill Jones, as well as McClelland and board member Claude Hartley "really believed" in the district, Haynes said. The district has improved each year, he said.

Glenn Swann, who was conservator of the district, "understood that building my capacity as superintendent to kind of work himself out of a job would be the best situation for Jefferson Davis County," Haynes said.

Welcome back everyone!  Here is the district lesson plan template for you to utilize to write your lesson plans.  Remember effective instruction begins day one, August 8, 2011.

Ms. Harrien, JDCSD Literacy Coach

Mrs. Campbell, JDCSD Math Coach