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Feb 15, 2016: 38654 Unnoficial: Local Parents React to School Superintendent Bill
Cory Uselton, DeSoto County schools superintendent, also released a statement about the measure: Elections for Superintendent of Education have always worked well in DeSoto County. We just had a very positive election with four qualified candidates, and the voters were able to ask questions and make an informed decision. Voters told me last summer that they liked having a voice in selecting their Superintendent. This bill would take away that vote. Feb 11, 2016: MBJ: Mississippi Senate advances bill for elected superintendents
DeSoto Superintendent Cory Uselton was elected to his first term in November.“There may be some parts of the state where appointed superintendents are needed, but elections for superintendent of education have always worked well in DeSoto County,” Uselton said in a statement to The Commercial Appeal (http://bit.ly/1WggGP6 ). “Voters told me (last) summer that they liked having a voice in selecting their superintendent.” |
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Aug 26, 2015: WREG: New superintendent discusses plans for DeSoto County Schools
"The main thing I want to do right now is get to meet as many teachers as I can," Uselton said. "I plan on going out, over these next four months during that transition time, to all the schools -- sit down, talk to teachers, find out their thoughts, find out what their expectations are for their new superintendent."
"The main thing I want to do right now is get to meet as many teachers as I can," Uselton said. "I plan on going out, over these next four months during that transition time, to all the schools -- sit down, talk to teachers, find out their thoughts, find out what their expectations are for their new superintendent."
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Aug 25, 2015: 3864 Official: Superintendent Runoff Election Results
Cory Uselton has been elected the next superintendent of DeSoto County Schools. Aug 21, 2015: Desoto Times Tribune: Superintendent post in spotlight Tuesday
Those two candidates are, respectively in alphabetical order, Jim Ferguson and Cory Uselton. In the primary election contest, the two candidates did not gain the necessary 50 percent majority plus one to avoid a runoff. Aug 4, 2015: WREG: DeSoto County and Mississippi election results
Cory Uselton won 31 percent of the vote, followed by Jim Ferguson, Dr. Edith Allen Robinson and Jerry Darnell. |
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