sentences:  Jackie Mader of "The Hechinger Report" stated that the district "was in chaos and suffering from abysmal academic performance".Circa 2014 the state was planning to allow an elected school board to once again assume control, and according to Mader, academic performance had improved during the state takeover period but that there were "inconsistent and often lackluster results".There were a total of 1,174 students enrolled in the Hazlehurst City School District during the 2006-2007 school year.