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Mating HANCOCK COUNTY
School districts grow to meet the needs of students
BY W.C. ANDREWS
SPECIAL TO THE SUN HERALD
Now recognized as one of the state’s leaders in computer education in public schools, the Hancock County School District is expanding to meet the demands of the increasing student enrollments that accompany growth in the northern part of the county.
The schools were reorganized in 1955 as an agreement between the Bay St. Louis School District and the Hancock County School District to divide the county into two completely separate school districts.
The district’s school board consists of five members who are elected by the county district’s voters. Each member
serves a six-year, staggered term.
The school superintendent is an elective position. Terrell Randolph served as superintendent from 1976 to 1980 , trom 1982 to 1992 and from 1996 to the present. Voters will decide in November whether to re-elect or replace him.
Over 3,000 students are expected to attend classes in the district this year. District schools include Charles B. Murphy Elementary, Gulfview Elementary, Hancock North Central Elementary and Hancock Junior High-High School.
The district is nearing completion of two new schools: a middle school and East Hancock Elementary-.
Private schools provide choices for parents
BY NAN PATTON EHRBRIGHT
THE SUN HERALD
Several private schools in Hancock County give parents who want their children to have a good education along with some religion training an option to public schools.
These schools include Central Christian Academy, which serves youngsters in grades kindergarten through 12, Coast Episcopal Lower School, St. Clare Elementary School, Bay Catholic Elementary School, St. Stanislaus and Our Lady Academy.
St. Stanislaus, the oldest school on the Coast, was founded in 1854 by the Brothers of the' Sacred Heart, a commu-
nity of men founded in Lyons, France, in 1821 and dedicated to the Christian education of youth. Chartered in 1870 as St. Stanislaus Commercial College, it became college preparatory in 1923.
Touted as “The School of Character” in a 1940 brochure - the office Telephone that year was simply 72 - the 35-acre campus faces the Mississippi Sound on Beach Boulevard. The school serves about 600 boys in grades 4 through 12. About 185 are boarded at the School, including 40 students from other countries; the rest are day students. In the summer, the school operates Camp Stanislaus, where boys can enjoy water fishing, swimming and sailing.
Our Lady Academy, located adjacent to St. Stanislaus, is a Catholic school tor girls in grades 7 through 12. Founded in 1971, it is a successor to St. Josephs Academy, which operated from 1855 to 1967. The school opened with grades 7,
8 and 9 in the St. Joseph Academy gymnasium complex and annex and a new 'brick structure, Johnson Hall. Grade 10 was added in 1972, grade 11 in 1973 and grade 12 in 1974. Several buildings have been added to the campus in the ensuing years. OLA shares some classes, facilities and activities with St. Stanislaus. The annual school population of about 260 serves girls from Hancock and Harrison counties and St. Tammany Parish, La.
BAY-WAVELAND SCHOOL DISTRICT
In 1926, the doors of Old Bay High, as longtime residents call the school, opened for the fall semester under the direction of the newly formed Bay St. Louis Separate School District, now the Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District.
Located at the comer of Second Street and Carroll Avenue, it was the only school in the district and served students from first grade to graduation. The site now houses Bay Middle School, for grades 4, 5 and 6. It will become an elementary school when construction of a new middle school is completed.
The fledgling public school district was headed by S.J. Ingram, the district’s first superintendent. Over the past 73 years, the district has had only seven superintendents.
The district’s school board oversees the school system’s general operation and personnel. The board consists of five members. Three are appointed by the Bay St. Louis mayor; two are elected by voters who live inside the district, but outside Bay St. Louis. Traditionally, the elected members are Waveland residents. Board members serve five-year staggered terms. The board appoints the superintendent.
When the new middle school opens, the district will have five schools: Bay High School, North Bay Elementary, Waveland, Elementary and the new elementary and middle schools
Still, Superintendent Kim	in	July	after
serving as assistant superintendent since 1996 and the Coast’s first appointed female superintendent, says the district will see only a marginal increase in student population.
“Things have been pretty steady,” she said. “Last year, our enrollment was 2,410 students. That’s including all four schools. We don’t expect those figures will go up very much.”
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