About PREPS
The Program of Research and Evaluation for Public Schools (PREPS), Inc. is a private non-profit consortium of school districts whose purpose is to develop and implement educational products and services that help manage and support districts' efforts to demonstrate improvement in their instructional programs. PREPS is supported by the College of Education at Mississippi State University and is housed in the Center for Educational Partnerships, the service division of the college. Collaboration among member districts enables the districts to benefit from the development of products and services that no single district is capable of developing alone.
Annual membership fees are $1.00 per student enrolled with a maximum of $5,000.00.
PREPS Board of Directors
Dr. Cindy Ward
Executive Director
PREPS, Inc.
Dr. Lee Childress
President
Corinth School District
Dr. Keith Shaffer
Treasurer
South Panola School District
Dr. Glenn McGee
Immediate Past President
Laurel School District, retired
Mr. Milton Kuykendall
DeSoto County School District
Dr. Ben Cox
North Pike County School District
Dr. Margie Pulley
Greenwood School District
Mr. Randy Hodges
Lauderdale County School District
Dr. Richard Blackbourn
Ex-Officio Member
Mississippi State University College of Education
Staff
- Cindy Ward, Ed.D. - Executive Director
- Marion Jones, M.S. - Associate Director
- Sarah C. Howard, M.S. - Director of Research, Evaluation, & Technology
- Jennifer Blackbourn, M.S. - Director of the Central Mississippi Mattie T. Technical Assistance Center
- Brooke Chambliss - Administrative Assistant