Schools & libraries in Mississippi local government
What Mississippi city councils, county boards and school districts are deciding about schools & libraries — plain-English summaries written from official agendas and minutes, updated as meetings happen.
78 Mississippi meetings since 2024 covered schools & libraries. Counts are directional — coverage varies by place and platform.
Places in Mississippi with the most schools & libraries activity
- Pascagoula-Gautier School District, MS (37)
- Gulfport Public School District, MS (24)
- Olive Branch, MS (2)
- Pearl, MS (2)
- Brandon, MS (2)
- Vicksburg, MS (2)
- Cleveland, MS (1)
- Pearl River County, MS (1)
- Jackson, MS (1)
- Starkville, MS (1)
- Natchez, MS (1)
- Coahoma, MS (1)
Latest matching meetings
Public hearing on proposed Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District is holding a public hearing to discuss the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027.
Board to review student handbook and 2026-2027 dropout prevention plan
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board will consider a consent agenda featuring multiple administrative approvals. Key items include student enrollment requests, facility use, and academic plans for the 2026-2027 school year.
Heritage Commission to hold public workshop on Main Street
The Cleveland Heritage Commission approved the April 14, 2026 meeting minutes and discussed a public workshop scheduled for June 23, 2026, at the Chamber of Commerce to educate residents about the committee's role.
Board approves consent agenda with personnel, budget, and student items
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board meeting on June 8, 2026, consisted mainly of approval of a consent agenda covering routine administrative items. The board unanimously approved personnel separations/recommendations, the docket of claims for May 2026, student assignments and transfers, enrollment policies…
Board approves consent agenda items including tuition and agreements
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board approved a consent agenda covering personnel, student transfers, and agreements with neighboring districts. The board set the 2026-2027 tuition cost at $2,000 and approved the docket of claims for April 2026.
Board to consider adopting a noise ordinance for unincorporated areas
The Pearl River County Board of Supervisors will consider a new noise ordinance for unincorporated areas, personnel changes in the Sheriff's Office, and a commissary service agreement for the jail. They will also acknowledge a $64,000 VOCA subgrant and approve a $33,696.60 payment for the Highway 26 Widening Project…
Planning Commission to consider adding medical cannabis to Trinity Park PUD
The Planning Commission will decide on a text amendment to allow medical cannabis in a Planned Unit Development, a rezoning of 42.5 acres for the school district, and a final plat for an industrial lot. Consent agenda, minutes approval, and zoning ordinance updates are also on the agenda.
School board approves consent agenda with personnel, grants, contracts
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board approved a consent agenda covering routine business items, including personnel changes, student transfers, a tuition agreement with three neighboring districts, and a Carl D. Perkins grant for career-technical programs. Two construction-related payments were also…
Council to consider resolution supporting Read Across Jackson Day
The Jackson City Council will hold a regular meeting including a public hearing, public comments, and introductions. They will vote on a consent agenda with routine items like meeting minutes, consider a resolution supporting the JPS-Hinds Early Learning Collaborative's Read Across Jackson Day, hear a presentation on…
Board tables Jackson Elementary relocation to Cherokee Elementary
At a special session, the Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board approved the agenda and voted to table a request to relocate Jackson Elementary students and staff to Cherokee Elementary until the next regular board meeting. Public comment was also held.
School board to ratify $507k in claims and approve $1.6M monthly docket
The Gulfport School District Board will vote on consent items including ratification of $507,183.57 in weekly claims and approval of $1,600,968.08 in monthly claims. The board will also consider student releases, transfer agreements with several other districts, and multiple student field trips to events in Alabama…
Planning Commission reviews residential plat and zoning amendments
The Olive Branch Planning Commission will consider applications for a residential subdivision and a lot combination. Two other items regarding a medical cannabis use amendment and a school district rezoning have been requested for tabling until April 14, 2026.
Board approves consent agenda including meal prices and intercom upgrades
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board meeting on March 9, 2026, opened with prayer, pledge, swearing-in of Judge Stacie Zorn, recognitions, and visitors. The board then approved a consent agenda covering 12 routine items in a single motion, including personnel actions, donations/grants, field trips, athletic…
Board to authorize $10M bond refunding and approve payments
The Pearl Board of Aldermen will consider authorizing a $10 million bond refunding and approve payments for various city projects and wage increases. The meeting also includes the appointment of a Pearl Public School District board member.
Board to approve $5.3M in monthly claims and student travel
The Gulfport School District board will consider a consent agenda including approval of a $5,261,573.26 monthly claims docket and ratification of $308,434.16 in prior claims, along with several student travel requests to competitions and international programs. The meeting also includes the swearing-in of a new board…
School board elects president and secretary, approves consent agenda
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board elected Matt Johnson as board president and Kleon Irving as board secretary. The board also approved a consent agenda that included personnel separations, the docket of claims for January 2026, student assignments and transfers, donations/grants, removal of equipment from…
Gulfport School Board to review claims dockets totaling over $2.8 million
The Gulfport School District board will meet to approve several claims dockets and student travel requests. The agenda includes presentations for administrator and parent awards, as well as a FEMA update.
School board approves consent agenda with personnel, payments, and policy changes
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board approved a consent agenda covering personnel actions, student transfers, donations, policy revisions, equipment disposal, an overnight field trip, a payment to Sports Contractors Unlimited, LLC, and other routine items. The meeting also included opening items like prayer…
Board to approve $1.1M monthly claims docket and student travel
The Gulfport School Board will meet on January 5, 2026, to consider a consent agenda that includes approving previous minutes, a ratified claims docket totaling $275,095.62, a monthly claims docket of $1,112,829.21, voided checks worth $3,201, student transfers and releases, and several student field-trip requests for…
Board to consider opting out of Safe Solicitation Act, approve infrastructure contracts
The Brandon Board of Aldermen & Mayor will consider adopting a resolution to opt out of House Bill 1197 (Safe Solicitation Act), extending local legislation, and approving various contracts and payments. Items include waterline improvements, a library cleaning contract, chiller rental, and the award of a municipal…
Board approves consent agenda including personnel actions and student transfers
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board approved a consent agenda containing multiple routine items, including personnel actions, student transfers, donations, equipment disposal, field trips, and a partnership with Goodwill Industries. The meeting also opened with prayer, the pledge, roll call, and recognitions…
Gulfport School Board to consider contract for Athletic Upgrades Project
The Gulfport School District will hold a special called meeting to take action on a business item. The board is reviewing a contract with D.N.P. Inc for the Athletic Upgrades Project.
Board to vote on 2026-2027 school calendar, $1.3M in claims, and website contract
The Gulfport School District Board will meet Monday, December 1, 2025, to act on a consent agenda that includes approval of the 2026-2027 school calendar, payment of claims totaling over $1.27 million, and several contracts and agreements. Public forums with four speakers are also scheduled before the board votes on…
Board to consider bid results for $10.1M athletic upgrades
This is a special called meeting of the Gulfport School District Board. The board will receive and consider a recommendation on bid results for athletic upgrades, with a total cost including architectural fee of $10,134,130.00. Procedural items include invocation, roll call, and approval of the agenda.
School board approves consent agenda with personnel, student, and policy items
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board approved a consent agenda containing multiple routine items. These included personnel separations and recommendations, student assignments and transfers, donations and grants, equipment removal, overnight field trips, a memorandum of understanding with the Jackson County…
Starkville Board of Aldermen to review library upgrades and wastewater plant progress
The Board of Aldermen will hold a work session to receive presentations on proposed library upgrades and wastewater treatment plant construction. The body will also discuss agenda items for the November 4, 2025, meeting.
Public hearing on appeal of PC 25‑16 for Petite Retreat at 37 Homochitto St
The Board will hold a public hearing to consider the appeal of the Planning Commission’s approval of Application PC 25‑16 (Petite Retreat) located at 37 Homochitto Street. It will also discuss several agreements and contracts, including MOUs with Alcorn State University and Natchez Adams School District, and a…
School board approves facility use in special session
This special session of the Pascagoula-Gautier School District board held on October 16, 2025, consisted of only routine procedural actions: approving the agenda, approving a request for facility use, and adjourning. No substantive policy or budget items were discussed.
School board approves consent agenda including dual credit MOU and emergency A/C purchase
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board approved a consent agenda containing multiple routine items, including personnel separations, student assignments and transfers, donations/grants, equipment disposal, an ERATE bid for FY26, an employee travel manual, a payment to D.N.P., Inc., a dual credit MOU with…
Board to consider fee waiver for new Catholic school at 2101 Clay St
The Board will consider a consent agenda including personnel actions (hires, resignations) and event requests (Solid Rock Church, Triumphant Baptist Church, Vicksburg Porchfest). Routine agenda items include a public nuisance hearing, awarding a bid for a sewer camera, and a conditional order to waive building permit…
Gulfport School Board to vote on $1.6M in claims, student trips
The Gulfport School District Board will meet on October 6, 2025, to act on a consent agenda that includes two claims dockets totaling $1,630,562.48 (ratified at $533,713.53 and monthly at $1,096,848.95). The board will also consider multiple student travel requests, including trips to the Mobile International Festival…
Board approves MOU with mental health center
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District board held a special session and approved a memorandum of understanding with South Mississippi Mental Health Center. The board also adopted the agenda and adjourned.
Board approves consent agenda including stage curtain replacement and intercom upgrade
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board opened with prayer and pledge, approved the agenda, and then approved the consent agenda. The consent agenda included personnel changes, claims for August 2025, release of students, facility use requests, donations/grants, equipment disposal, a revision to the instructional…
Board to approve $2.1M in claims and routine student activities
The Gulfport School District Board will meet on September 2, 2025, to consider a consent agenda that includes approval of claims dockets totaling approximately $2.1 million, student transfers, and multiple student travel requests for athletic and academic events. The board will also vote on quotes for an auditorium…
Board holds executive session on personnel matter
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District board held a special session, largely procedural, to enter executive session for a personnel matter. The board approved the agenda, closed the meeting for executive session, and then discussed a personnel issue, retaining a hearing officer and authorizing the superintendent to…
Board approves consent agenda including personnel, claims, student transfers
The board voted unanimously to approve the consent agenda, which included personnel separations and recommendations, the docket of claims for July 2025, several student enrollment requests for children of employees, a transfer agreement with Petal School District, equipment disposal, donations/grants, facility use at…
Gulfport school board to consider $2.84M in claims and several procurement items
The Gulfport School District Board will meet on August 4, 2025, to consider routine consent items including ratification of a $1,516,003.66 claims docket and approval of a $1,324,902.86 monthly claims docket, along with quotes for equipment and facility upgrades. The meeting also includes approval of previous minutes…
Board of Aldermen to consider FY 2026 Public Works budgets
The Brandon Board of Aldermen and Mayor will hold a work session to review proposed budgets for the 2026 fiscal year. The discussion focuses on the Public Works Department and its associated services.
Public hearing on proposed FY2025-2026 budget
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District held a public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2025-2026 budget. The board also approved the agenda and later adjourned.
School board approves consent agenda with personnel, enrollment, and surplus items
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board approved a consent agenda containing routine items. Actions included personnel separations, ratification of the June 2025 docket of claims, employee-student enrollment decisions, student releases to other districts, and approval of donations and disposal of surplus…