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- Sumter County Schools Dealing with Deficit
Tough economic times have left a west Alabama school district to deal with a deficit.
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- MPS Offering Meal Choices
Meridian Public Schools is part of a growing number of Mississippi districts offering healthy options to soda and candy.
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- Head Start Alerts Parents About Lead Poisoning
Mississippi Action for Progress/Head Start hosted a workshop about lead poisoning Tuesday in Meridian.
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- Police Charge Suspect in Theft of Tahoe, Wildcat Costume
Meridian police detectives have charged a suspect in connection with the theft of a vehicle, which contained the Meridian High School mascot costume.
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- Training Program Focused on Education
A plan was presented to Newton City Schools that's designed to help young people stay in school, even if they've been in trouble with the law.
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- Taking Education to Tech Level
Education took center stage in Mississippi as former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige joined other leaders for a town hall meeting.
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- History Lesson Involves All Senses
Artists brought their unique, interactive craft to Poplar Springs Elementary School Thursday.
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- Newton School District Partners with JSU
Jackson State University and Newton High School are teaming up to promote life-long learning.
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- Parent Asks for Schools to Close Temporarily
Some parents in Choctaw County, Ala., want schools to be closed because of the swine flu.
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- Jordan Explains Accountability System
Mississippi's interim state superintendent of education submitted a column on his opinion of a new accountability system in place for schools this fall.
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- Wal-Mart Donates to Teachers
As part of its annual support of education, Wal-Mart presented teacher reward cards to 10 teachers Monday at Crestwood Elementary School.
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- Choctaw County High Student Remembered
Students at Choctaw County High School have created their own message board on a wall to remember Justin Lewis, who died in an accident.
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- Wildcat Mascot Costume Update
The Meridian Police Department reported Friday afternoon that the Meridian High School Wildcat mascot costume has been returned.
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- MHS Mascot Costume Stolen
Meridian police say a vehicle was stolen Wednesday that contained the costume of the Meridian Wildcats mascot.
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- Teen's Family Speaks about Internet Dangers
A Lauderdale County man was recently charged with the crime of "computer luring" that involved a 14-year-old boy. The youth's family spoke publicly Thursday about Internet dangers.
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- See You at the Pole
Students nationwide gathered around the flagpole at school, prior to the start of classes, to pray for their schools, leaders and nation.
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- Schools Required to Publish Key Information
Beginning Nov. 1, all Mississippi school districts will be required to post graduation rates, ACT scores, revenue and racial profiles on their district Web sites.
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- Meridian School Board Meets
Meridian's first regular school board meeting of the year marked a change in members and expectations.
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- New Board Ready for Tasks
The Meridian School Board met Monday night for the first time since two new board members were appointed by Mayor Cheri Barry.
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- Weighing Skill Trades vs. College Degree
Mississippi's relatively new high school redesign program lets students choose coursework based on their career interest. So far, the program is in 39 of the state's 152 school districts.
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- Summit on Education Strategies
During a statewide education summit Wednesday, Gov. Haley Barbour hinted that we may see more of the state's budget cut this year.
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- Teens and Safe Driving
Riley Hospital hosted a teen driver safety awareness program to talk about dangerous behavior, such as drinking and driving.
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- Arts & Letters Series Begins Thursday
Bits 'N Pieces Giant Puppet Theatre will perform this week at Meridian Community College.
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- Northeast Elementary Targets Better Health
Northeast Lauderdale Elementary School has kicked off its "Mississippi in Motion" program.
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- Bank Promotes Scholarship Contest
The Citizens Bank wants to help future college students in Mississippi pay for their college education.
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- School Districts Facing Harsh Reality
Public school districts are finding out just how bad state budget cuts are going to be.
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- Mississippi Schools Get Dollar Figures for Cuts
The Mississippi Department of Education is telling school districts how much money they'll lose because of budget cuts due to decreased revenues.
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- Obama's Speech Stirred Controversy
A speech by President Obama to students via the Internet Tuesday caused a controversy, locally and around the nation.
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- Swine Flu May Present Challenges for State
Mississippi officials say the state is poised to fight swine flu, but may not have enough school nurses.
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- Choctaw County Secures Funding for ROTC
School officials in Choctaw County say they have the funds, but now they need more instructors for the Junior ROTC program.
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- Schools Take New Approach to Fitness
Thanks to a physical education grant, the Community Students Learning Center is changing the way students in Holmes County look at fitness. It could be an example for other Mississippi schools.
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- Harper Participates in Living History Lesson
Mississippi Cong. Gregg Harper paid a visit to Southeast Lauderdale High School Wednesday, as part of "Legislators in School".
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- Child's Death Investigated
Health and education officials in Choctaw County, Ala., are investigating the death of an elementary school student Monday, but they say they don't believe it was swine flu-related.
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- Barry Makes School Board Appointments
Meridian Mayor Cheri Barry has made two appointments to fill expired terms on the school board.
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- School Board Discusses Improvement Plans
Members of the Meridian School Board met Monday night in a special called session to discuss test data regarding subject areas of math, language, English, and writing.
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- School Board Appointments to be Announced
Meridian Mayor Cheri Barry plans to announce two new appointments to the school board Tuesday.
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- MPS Proactive with Swine Flu Threat
Meridian Public Schools has not had any identified cases of swine flu, but officials say they are taking precautions.
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- Football Game Postponed Due to Flu
A Friday night football game has been canceled for the time being, because of an outbreak of flu.
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- Students Back at Meridian Public Schools
School officially got underway Thursday for Meridian Public Schools. Students went back to the classroom for the 2009-2010 school year.
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- MPS Convocation Held Wednesday
Teachers and administrators for Meridian Public Schools participated in the district's annual convocation.
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- Ingram Remembered at NCHS
Though he hadn't lived in Newton County for several years, Army Sgt. Matthew Ingram, who died in combat in Afghanistan last week, is still well-known at the high school he attended.
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- Mississippi Students Above National Average on SAT
Mississippi students who took this year's SAT scored higher than the national average in all three categories of the college entrance exam.
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- MPS Teachers Back at Work
Meridian School District students will return to class Thursday. But teachers were back on campus Monday.
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- Ninth Grade Gets Old 'New Home'
Meridian's ninth grade students will start the school year at the former Kate Griffin Junior High building.
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- Lamar ACT Average at 23.6
Lamar School in Meridian says it has something to brag about with its latest student ACT scores.
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- Businesses Step Up for Kids
Some Lauderdale County elementary students will have book bags and other school supplies this year, thanks to a donation made Friday by local businesses.
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- Standardized Test Scores Released
The results of last year's round of statewide testing have been published.
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- Forest Swine Flu Cases
Action is being taken after almost a dozen cases of the swine flu have turned up at a school in Forest.
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- Children Experiencing Swine Flu
School districts across Mississippi are reporting cases and suspected cases of the swine flu.
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- Time Nearing for School Board Appointments
Meridian Mayor Cheri Barry is preparing to make two of her most important appointments, to the Meridian School Board.
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