SUSAN MONTGOMERY | The Greenwood Commonwealth

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Much of the school board’s community forum Wednesday involved showing how the prospective countywide high school would be designed. Here, Dr. Kalanya Moore, board president, makes a point. (By Susan Montgomery, Copyright 2024 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)

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School project draws more queries
By SUSAN MONTGOMERY - Staff Writer
Fri,09/20/24-2:00AM , 2154 Reads
If the school bond issue proposal doesn’t pass, what happens then?
This was one of the questions asked during a community forum conducted by the Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School Board at Greenwood High School on Wednesday.
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Ed Jones Bledsoe

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Fifth-generation farmer believed in hard work
By SUSAN MONTGOMERY - Staff Writer
Fri,09/20/24-2:00AM , 2016 Reads
Ed Jones Bledsoe, whose family has farmed at Shellmound since before Leflore County was created, died Tuesday at his home on the farm.
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School Accountability Grades: Greenwood Leflore gets a C; Carroll rises to a B
By SUSAN MONTGOMERY - Staff Writer
Wed,09/18/24-2:00AM , 1622 Reads
Public school district accountability grades comparing performance in 2024 with that in 2023 show overall improvement in the Carroll County district, which rose from a C to a B, while Greenwood Leflore’s remained the same with a grade of C.
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Larry "Kite" Johnson

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2 from Greenwood running for levee board seat
By SUSAN MONTGOMERY - Staff Writer
Wed,09/18/24-2:00AM , 2195 Reads
Two candidates from Greenwood are running for election Nov. 5 to a non-salaried position as a commissioner of the Yazoo Mississippi Delta Levee Board.
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