Ingalls Shipbuilding awarded $96B contract by US Navy
WLOX
https://www.wlox.com/2024/09/26/ingalls-shipbuilding-awarded-96-billion-contract-by-us-navy/
Ingalls Shipbuilding has been awarded a multi-billion dollar contract from the U.S. Navy to build multiple ships for the military. With 39 states in the U.S. supplying Ingalls Shipbuilding with tools and materials, this contract will aid businesses around the country.
As Ingalls Shipbuilding constructs these ships here on the Coast, Pascagoula has a front-row seat to see the evolution of the four ships. And although Ingalls is located in South Mississippi, this new contract will have an impactful effect on our surrounding regions. “It impacts more than just Mississippi,” said Jackson County Economic Development Foundation Deputy Director Mary Martha Henson. “I mean if you think about the impact Ingalls Shipbuilding has alone? Has along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and into Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi? It really has a regional impact.” Henson says this contract will cause a multiplier effect, meaning it will give people jobs and have those same people spending money that will impact our local economy.
Four Mississippi schools receive National Blue Ribbon recognition
Magnolia Tribune
Four Mississippi schools have been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as National Blue Ribbon Schools. Two were recognized for their academic performance while two others received recognition for closing gaps in academic achievement. Magnolia Park Elementary School in the Ocean Springs School District and Mannsdale Upper Elementary in the Madison County School District were both named Exemplary High Performing Schools. “Congratulations to the educators, students, families and communities of all four schools for earning this national recognition of achievement,” said Dr. Lance Evans, state superintendent of education, said in a press release. “The Mississippi Department of Education applauds their hard work and intentional focus on best practices for academic and professional success to become a 2024 National Blue Ribbon School.”
Jobs Extravaganza introduces career opportunities to Jackson County students
WLOX
The Job Extravaganza at the Jackson County Exceptional School showed dozens of students what their futures could look like on Thursday. Disability advocacy groups The ARC and the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services partnered for the event. Those organizations focus on services for individuals with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities.