council to represent the schools in each of the city's seven wards. Facts Jackson Public Schools is the second-largest school district in Mississippi, serving nearly 21,000 scholars, representing more than 80 percent of school-aged children in the state's capital and only urban municipality. Jackson, Mississippi has about 170,000 residents in an area of 104 square miles. There are 7 high schools, 10 middle schools, 31 elementary schools, and 4 special program schools comprising the District's 52 school sites. These schools are divided into 7 feeder patterns based on the high school receiving the area's scholars. There are nearly 5,000 employees in the District, which offers a variety of special programs such as Academic and Performing Arts Complex, International Baccalaureate, and Montessori. Thanks to a Bond Referendum in 2006, three new schools were established–Kirksey Middle School, serving families in north Jackson, and Bates Elementary and Cardozo Middle Schools, serving the south Jackson community. The new schools opened in 2010. A second Bond Referendum passed in 2018. Work on 2018 Bond Construction Projects is underway. In March 2010, First Lady Michelle Obama visited Pecan Park Elementary and Brinkley Middle Schools as a part of her Let's Move program. Schools Callaway Feeder Pattern Robert M. Callaway High School (Mississippi) (Grades 9-12) Henry J. Kirksey Middle School (Grades 6-8), named for state senator and civil rights leader Henry Kirksey John Henry Powell Middle School (Grades 6-8) Emma Gertrude Green Elementary School (Grades Pre-K-5), named for a schoolteacher John Hopkins Elementary School (Grades Pre-K-5) North Jackson Elementary School (Grades Pre-K-5) Forest Hill Feeder Pattern Forest Hill High School (Grades 9-12) Cardozo Middle School (Grades 6-8) Whitten Middle School (Grades 6-8) Bates Elementary School (Grades K-5) Oak Forest Elementary School (Grades K-5) Timberlawn Elementary School (Grades Pre-K-5) Van Winkle Elementary School (Grade Pre-K) Jim Hill Feeder Pattern Jim Hill High School (Grades 9-12) Blackburn Middle School (Grades 6-8) Northwest Jackson IB Middle School (Grades 6-8) Baker Elementary Schools (Grades Pre-K-5) Isable Elementary School (Grades K-5) Obama Magnet IB Elementary School (Grades K-5) Shirley (Lee) Elementary School (Grades Pre-K-5) Lanier Feeder Pattern Lanier High School (Grades 9-12) Brinkley Middle School (Grades 6-8) Dawson Elementary School (Grades Pre-K-5) Galloway Elementary Schools (Grades Pre-K-5) Johnson Elementary School (Grades Pre-K-5) Smith Elementary School (Grades Pre-K-5) Walton Elementary School (Grades Pre-K-5) Murrah Feeder Pattern Murrah High School (Grades 9-12) Chastain Middle School (Grades 6-8) Bailey APAC Middle School (Grades 6-8) Boyd