User talk:CPena02

Chickasaw County School District
Thanks for the updates on Chickasaw County School District! BTW it seems that the schools in Houston, Mississippi closed due to the merge. They only go to Houlka now WhisperToMe (talk) 17:43, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

That is not true. My mother currently teaches science at Houston High School. CPena02 (talk) 17:46, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

The websites have not yet merged. I’m aware of the schools still being open, I graduated from there last year. https://www.houstonmsschools.com/?showHomepage=true Here’s the Houston Schools website, reflecting the merger. CPena02 (talk) 17:48, 9 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Actually I found they did merge the websites at houstonmsschools.com: Instead of the Houston School District it says Chickasaw County School District (meaning Consolidated). Furthermore, this source states that the two previous districts were dissolved and a new one was formed. I formed the new one at Chickasaw County Consolidated School District. I knew a merger of the two districts had happened but at first I thought all students were consolidated at Houlka, not realizing I was looking at the wrong website.

Remember articles need to be based off of published sources as per Verifiability: "Its content is determined by previously published information rather than the beliefs or experiences of editors"

Thanks! WhisperToMe (talk) 18:18, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

Where does it say consolidated school district? It says Chickasaw County School District. CPena02 (talk) 18:20, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah the website itself says Chickasaw County School District but Chickasaw Journal differentiated between them. If you like I can check whether Mississippi law legally differentiates between the old and new school districts and/or whether published sources (newspapers) treat them as different.

You can check, however in practice the schools are operating under the name of Chickasaw County School District. If that is the case then the consolidated district has not formed yet. CPena02 (talk) 18:25, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
 * The consolidation was effective July 1, 2021 under Mississippi law. From the Mississippi Department of Education: "Mississippi Code Ann. § 37-7-104.8(7) requires the Mississippi Board of Education to formally consolidate the Houston School District and the Chickasaw County School District thereby creating the new Chickasaw County School District, effective July 1, 2021 and abolishing the former school districts and boards, effective June 30, 2021."
 * However I am aware corporate mergers often "keep" the name of the existing company even if other functional parts like air operating certificates reflected a different company. I think this might be a good Request for Comment
 * WhisperToMe (talk) 18:30, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

BTW from this map from the 2010 US Census, it's interesting to see that the old Chickasaw County district was much smaller than the Houston school district WhisperToMe (talk) 22:02, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

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