s spotlight
2023
Parent
OF THE YEAR Kimberly Walker Nailor
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced this spring the 2023 Mississippi Parent of the Year is Kimberly Walker Nailor, a mother of two students in the Vicksburg-Warren School District. Nailor was nominated by the school district and is described as a model parent who cares about her community and school district. Because of Nailor’s enthusiasm, passion and dedication to the community and school district, students have been able to have more enriching experiences at school. Nailor is employed as the city attorney of Vicksburg and always finds time to volunteer for the school district and the community. She has invested in finding solutions to make the Vicksburg–Warren County community a better place for the development of students. Nailor’s rationale for being active in her children’s education is to maximize their academic and future success. She believes the positive deposits override the negative withdrawals that children face, such as bullying, sickness, frustration with schoolwork and rejection. Being an engaging parent by managing extracurricular ac-
service-oriented activities and orga-
ted to the athletic budget, there was
tivities, homework assignments, par-
nizations has helped make the com-
no money for football players to have
ent meetings, school activities and
munity a better place for student de-
meals without voluntary assistance.
volunteering in the classroom allows
velopment. She assisted financially
In 2021, Nailor joined the Vicksburg
for consistent positive deposits in her
in sponsoring and serving meals for
High School (VHS) Booster Club, and
children’s lives.
football players before games and
they raised tens of thousands of dol-
practices. Due to lack of funding allot-
lars to sustain the athletics program.
Nailor’s participation in various School Focus
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