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Heritage Academy Where Some Are More Equal Episode 3

Heritage Academy Where Some Are More Equal Episode 3

There are threads on FB of people talking about me, but not one has refuted with any evidence that I have made statements about recent events and the current batch of new hires. I find that telling. They banter about words like “disgruntled former employee” and “jealous” but not one person on these bully pulpit threads has addressed the elephant in the room: the school’s administration is a mess, and the new hires are mostly unequipped and not educated in the areas in which they teach. FACTS…they are ignoring the FACTS and merely attacking the messenger.

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Heritage Academy Where Some Are More Equal Episode 3

Heritage Academy Where Some Are More Equal Episode 3

There are threads on FB of people talking about me, but not one has refuted with any evidence that I have made statements about recent events and the current batch of new hires. I find that telling. They banter about words like “disgruntled former employee” and “jealous” but not one person on these bully pulpit threads has addressed the elephant in the room: the school’s administration is a mess, and the new hires are mostly unequipped and not educated in the areas in which they teach. FACTS…they are ignoring the FACTS and merely attacking the messenger.

Part 2 Heritage Academy - Where Some Are More Equal Than Others

Part 2 Heritage Academy - Where Some Are More Equal Than Others

Parents at Heritage Academy invest significant money each year into their children’s education. If I were paying almost $9000 a year for my child’s education, I would be demanding my money back and/or calling for the resignation of the Head of Schools.

Heritage Academy – Pt 1: Where some are more equal than others…

Heritage Academy – Pt 1: Where some are more equal than others…

Heritage Academy is a Segregationist School in Columbus, MS, whose motto is "High Moral Standards and Academic Excellence." The truth is far different from their motto.

Jacob McGavock Dickinson Former Secretary of War Columbus, MS

Jacob McGavock Dickinson Former Secretary of War Columbus, MS

Jacob M. Dickinson born in Columbus, MS in 1851 served as President Taft's Secretary of War.

Fannye Cook - Conservationist & W Girl

Fannye Cook - Conservationist & W Girl

Fannye Cook, II&C class of 1911 was the first Mississippi Natural History Museum director.

Samuel The Jet Jethro - Baseball Great

Samuel The Jet Jethro - Baseball Great

Samuel Jethro was born in Columbus, Mississippi in 1917. Samuel would play baseball in the American Negro League and in 1944-1945 he held the record for most hits and most stolen bases. Recruited by the Dodgers in the National League Sammy would be named Rookie of the Year in 1950 and lead the league in stolen bases.

Mother Love Bone's Andrew Wood The Godfather of Grunge Music

Mother Love Bone's Andrew Wood The Godfather of Grunge Music

Andrew Wood was born in Columbus, Mississippi in 1966 to David and Toni Wood. He would create the band Mother Love Bone and start a new movement of music centered in Seattle called Grunge.

Roy J. Ayres - King of the Western Swing Steel Guitar

Roy J. Ayres - King of the Western Swing Steel Guitar

International Steel Guitar Hall of Fame Inductee and Seattle Pioneer of Western Swing Hall of Fame member Roy J. Ayers was born, raised, and learned to play steel guitar in Columbus, MS.

Mary Ellen Weathersby Pope - W Girl, Educator, and Innovator

Mary Ellen Weathersby Pope - W Girl, Educator, and Innovator

Mary Ellen Weathersby Pope, Class of 1926, was the first student counselor at the W...and so much more. Her life's work was education. She died just shy of her 102 birthday.

CCHF Director Nancy Carpenter and the Broke Unfunded Tennessee Williams Welcome Center

CCHF Director Nancy Carpenter and the Broke Unfunded Tennessee Williams Welcome Center

The Columbus Cultural Heritage Foundation is broke. How will they keep the Tennessee Williams Birthplace and Welcome Center open? Why did Director Nancy Luke Carpenter reject an $81,000 grant from the Columbus Visitor's Bureau? The answer is obvious! The transparency requirements of course! How dare anyone expect Nancy Luke Carpenter to be transparent in her spending of public funds!?

Dr. Marietta Eichelberger - Expert Nutritionist and W Girl

Dr. Marietta Eichelberger - Expert Nutritionist and W Girl

Dr. Marietta Eichelberger graduated from the Industrial Institute and College in 1912 and worked in the field of child and maternal nutrition for her entire career. She was the sister of famed biochemist Lillian Eichelberger Cannon.

Dr. Lillian Eichelberger MUW Class of 1914

Dr. Lillian Eichelberger MUW Class of 1914

Dr. Lillian Eichelberger graduated from the Mississippi Industrial Institute and College for Women in 1914. She was instrumental in developing and testing synthetic quinine during World War II.

Helen Rembert Carloss - Native Mississippian, Tax Expert, and W Girl

Helen Rembert Carloss - Native Mississippian, Tax Expert, and W Girl

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Mississippi Author Julie Liddell Whitehead - W Girl Turned Novelist

Mississippi Author Julie Liddell Whitehead - W Girl Turned Novelist

Julie's first novel, Hurricane Baby about the life of Katrina survivors is available for purchase: Madville Publishing Barnes and Noble Amazon

Neill James - Novelist, Adventurer, and W Girl

Neill James - Novelist, Adventurer, and W Girl

Neill James was a journalism major who graduated from the Industrial Institute and College (MUW) Class of 1918. She traveled the world, landing in Ajijic on the shores of Lake Chapala in Mexico and publishing her Petticoat Vagabond series.

Dr. Elizabeth Lee Hazen - Mycologist and W Girl

Dr. Elizabeth Lee Hazen - Mycologist and W Girl

Native Mississippian Dr. Elizabeth Lee Hazen, a graduate of II&C (Class of 1910) earned a PhD in Microbiology and Dr. Rachel Fuller Brown (Mount Holyoke) discovered Nystatin and two antibiotics. The women were inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame posthumously in 1994. The royalties from their patent were used to fund a foundation to support women in research in life sciences.

Father of the B52 Bomber Henry Edward "Pete" Warden

Father of the B52 Bomber Henry Edward "Pete" Warden

Pete Warden was a quiet farmer on the Black Belt Prairie in his twilight years, but what most locals did not know was that he was a distinguished WWII fighter pilot and aircraft designer for the US Air Force, designing the first long-range intercontinental bombers.

The USS Cyclops, The Bermuda Triangle, and George Barrow

The USS Cyclops, The Bermuda Triangle, and George Barrow

Columbus native George Barrow was not quite 18 years old, a seaman 2nd class, and off on his first South Atlantic cruise during World War I on the USS Cyclops. He and 308 of his fellow crewmen were lost at sea. The mysterious disappearance of the Cyclops has never been solved.

Rosa Peebles and Edith Fahnestock II&C Alumni and Faculty - MUW History

Rosa Peebles and Edith Fahnestock II&C Alumni and Faculty - MUW History

Dr. Rosa Peebles and her life partner Dr. Edith Fahnestock taught at the Columbus, MS Industrial Institute and College before spending the rest of their career at Vassar as the respective heads of their departments.

Robert Webb Banks, Sr. Civil War Soldier, Author, & Historian

Robert Webb Banks, Sr. Civil War Soldier, Author, & Historian

Robert Webb Banks, Sr. was born in Columbus, MS to Dunstan and Lucretia Banks, early settlers in Lowndes County. Robert attended the University of Alabama before joining the Confederate Army after the Battle of Shiloh. Robert authored the most significant first-hand book on the Battle of Franklin (1864) published in 1908.