Monthly Archives: February 2017

So, while we’re talking about essential services. . .

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Thomas_Easterling

Education (35%) and health care (25%) rate as the two largest items within our $6 billion state budget. Those percentage are likely to remain the same until our income outpaces the rate of inflation. (Currently, our economy has grown at … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Make sense of the numbers

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Thomas_Easterling

Mississippi has a terrible budget conundrum:  allocations have increased by about $700 million since 2012, but income has increased by only about $600 million. The federal government will not ride to our rescue. There is not enough political willpower to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Help me help us

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Thomas_Easterling

So. . .I’m curious. . .if you all could redesign the MSMS website, what would you want it to look like? How could you make sure that the site’s content remains strong? Are there school websites that you think are … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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