Veto House Bill #513
We, the Undersigned, do hereby express our disapproval of section 44 of the house bill #513. We believe that the required fee of $500 per semester will hinder the Mississippi School for Mathematics an... continue reading »
"I support this petition"
"Please veto this bill! It is counterproductive to create public shools designed to serve gifted students from across the state if tuition (in any form) will be charged. Tuition (or any other fees) will simply reduce diversity, aid to maintain the unfortun"
"I support this petition"
"I am a former MSA student and believe that this is not right."
"It is true, MSMS is not a normal school, but it is unfair to charge a tuition, especially when it was advertised as a free, public high school. There are several students that will have to leave because of this new charge. Coming to MSMS is a challenge; t"
"Governor Barbour, when you spoke at MSMS earlier this fall about the great workings of MSMS to the MS community, I pray that you believed your encouraging words. We, the C/O 2008 took that speech to heart and never want to let the MS family down, but lift"
"I support this petition"
"I support this petition"
"I graduated from MSMS in 1997. I come from a poor family in Carthage, MS and was only able to attend MSMS because it was free. There would have been no way for my family to afford $1000 for room and board for me to attend. I am now a successful attorney a"
"I support this petition"
"I support this petition"
"I support this petition"
"I support this petition"
"You should make them pay up since normal students cant get in. If I wanted to go there they wouldnt let me in. Its more like a private school and boarding school so making them pay IS THE RIGHT THING TO TO DO!!"
"I support this petition"
"I am a MSMS alumnus and I believe charging tuition will prevent some of Mississippi's brightest and best from attending."
"MSMS is one of the really remarkable things that Mississippi has done for public education. Don't spoil it!"
"I support this petition"
"I support this petition"
"I support this petition"
"Please reconsider this bill; it is an unfair and unjust one that will cause the state of Mississippi and the World to lose much more than money"
"MSMS Class of 97"
"I couldn't have attended MSMS if this bill were in place ten years ago."
"I support this petition"
"MSMS was the place that I went to get away from the outdated text books and schooling where I knew more and more updated information than the teachers. It is vital that it remain free or it will become just like the private schools. Mississippi needs to p"
