10.18.15 by msedblog OXFORD EAGLE: Oxford board favors I-42 The Oxford Eagle newspaper, in Oxford, Miss. on Friday, May 2, 2014, has new owners. Members of the Board of Trustees of the Oxford School District met Friday during a special called meeting to declare their endorsement of Initiative 42. Four of the five sitting board members attended the meeting and voted unanimously to endorse I-42. Those attending were Whitney Byars, Scott Shipman, Gray Edmondson, and Marian Barksdale. Romana Reed was not at the meeting, however Barksdale said after speaking with her, Reed was “enthusiastic” about the board endorsing the initiative. Share this:EmailPrintFacebookLinkedInRedditTwitterGoogleTumblrPinterestPocket