Hattiesburg Hattiesburg Wins the Mississippi Association of Partners in Education’s (MAPE) Partnership Excellence Award Hattiesburg Public Schools, the United Way of Southeast Mississippi and other community partners received a Partnership Excellence Award from the Mississippi Association of Partners in Education for last fall's “We’re on the Bus!” Dropout Prevention Summit. The award was presented at the Governor's Award Luncheon and Seminar in Jackson on March 30.
Hattiesburg Holds Dropout Summit Community leaders, business people and parents joined educators for a dropout prevention summit in Hattiesburg October 1, 2008. More than 300 participants from Forrest and surrounding counties heard opening speakers representing economic, social, civic, higher education, faith-based and other areas of life that are impacted by the dropout problem. Following the opening session, participants moved into 10 smaller groups for in-depth sharing and discussion. Click here to read article and see pictures.
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