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Speaker White gives glimpse into House’s work on school choice reforms
By DANIEL TYSON - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Sun,08/17/25-3:20PM , 453 Reads 5,460 Statewide
The speaker said legislation will be aimed at helping parents have a say in their child’s education.

The Mississippi House of Representatives will begin hammering out an education bill to be considered next session, with meetings starting later this month.
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One University Place, apartment complex on the campus of Jackson State University. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Jackson State students call on administration to address ‘an unfair housing crisis’
By CANDICE WILDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Sun,08/17/25-3:18PM , 1463 Reads 7,890 Statewide
More than 380 students at the historically Black university have signed a petition demanding school officials address housing and financial aid concerns.
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School board OKs revision to hiring policy
By TAYLOR THOMPSON - Staff Writer
Sat,08/16/25-2:00AM , 2043 Reads
The Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School Board has unanimously approved revising a district hiring policy.
District policy GBCA, which states the minimum number of days a notice of vacancy must be advertised, was changed from 14 business days to seven during a special called meeting Thursday.
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Elzy receives donation
Fri,08/15/25-12:14PM , 4602 Reads
A 1985 Amanda Elzy High School alumnus, Jerry Parker, and his company, ParCou LLC, a janitorial service, donated $15,000 to Elzy on Wednesday. Parker is giving a personal donation of $10,000, and $5,000 from the company will be put toward the school's athletics program. ParCou will purchase shoes for the basketball teams.
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