All school systems except Alamo, Huntingdon, Jackson County, McNairy County, and Polk County submitted salary schedules for the 2014-2015 school year. Those systems that did not submit a salary schedule this year, we posted the most recently received schedule from a previous year.
What Is Mad Cow Disease and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease? Mad cow disease is an infectious disease caused by prions that affect the brains of cattle. The actual name of the disease is bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a name that refers to the changes seen in brain tissue of affected cows.
What is mad cow disease, and does it infect people? Mad cow disease is a fatal disease that slowly destroys the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system) in cattle. It also is known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE. People cannot get mad cow disease. But in rare cases they may get a human form of mad cow disease called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), which is fatal. This can happen if you eat nerve tissue (the brain and spinal cord) of cattle that were infected with mad cow disease. Over time, vCJD destroys the brain and spinal cord.