Mississippi School for Math and Science cuts enrollment, cites funding

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http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/06/01/school-math-and-science-cuts-enrollment-citing-funding/85191634/

Despite Mississippi's low ranking in public education, MSMS has been listed as one of the nation's best public high schools in The Daily Beast.

The 113 members of the MSMS class of 2016 were offered more than $21 million in scholarships with an average ACT score of 28.5, nearly 10 points higher than the state's average ACT score of 19. Sixty percent of the graduates will attend college in Mississippi, while 40 percent will enroll in out-of-state schools, including Boston College, Yale and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

But school officials say flat funding has forced the public boarding school, housed on the campus of the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus and dedicated to academically gifted students, to reduce its enrollment numbers.

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If more funding is not received, the school’s class size is expected to drop to 220 by the 2017-18 year, an all-time low.

Phil Bryant is a shithead

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1. But no cuts to the football team, right?

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Priorities and all that.

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2. Well they don't do football, and all their athletics are paid for by alumni (nt)

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3. OK, they get a pass on that, then.

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