Jessica Seaton

The Tishomingo County School District's Gifted Education Program aims to identify and serve intellectually gifted students. The plan focuses on recognizing, valuing, and nurturing giftedness and high potential, providing qualitatively differentiated educational experiences, and supporting children from all backgrounds. The program is committed to fostering individual talent development, ensuring students realize their abilities, and contributing to themselves and society within a safe and supportive environment.

The Tishomingo County School District's Dropout Prevention Plan for the 2024-2025 school year aims to address student retention and success. This plan, which is the third year of a three-year initiative (2022/23-2024/25), sets goals to increase the high school graduation rate to 92.5%, decrease the dropout rate to less than 5%, and achieve 95% average daily attendance. Key strategies include enhancing parental involvement, providing early intervention and academic support for struggling students, offering resources for economically disadvantaged and English language learners, leveraging technology for engagement, implementing attendance reward programs, and utilizing alternative education options across elementary, middle, and high school levels to foster student achievement and well-being.

The Tishomingo County School District's 2022-2027 Strategic Plan focuses on four key goals: 1) enhancing rigorous academic and extracurricular offerings to boost student involvement and achievement; 2) fostering positive school cultures that strive for excellence; 3) maintaining sound financial accountability and transparency; and 4) establishing long-term technology, maintenance, and facility plans. The plan outlines specific action steps for each goal, including increasing AP course offerings, improving data-driven instruction, expanding extracurricular activities, enhancing school culture through surveys and student advisory groups, promoting career and college readiness, creating safe and supportive environments, improving communication, and implementing long-term technology and facility plans. The plan aims to prepare students for a changing workforce and society while maintaining financial stability and transparency.