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West Marion Primary School Honor Roll
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Educators, parents and other members of the community attended a public comment hearing concerning proposed changes to academic social studies standards. The hearing was held at the Sparkmann Auditorium in Jackson, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Hundreds show up to discuss Mississippi’s social studies standards
By JULIA JAMES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,01/28/22-5:06PM , 1,303 Reads 30,998 Statewide
Hundreds of people gathered at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum on Friday morning to share their opinions on potential changes the Mississippi Department of Education is making to the state’s social studies standards. The pushback was so strong that the department announced it was walking back much of the proposed changes.
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Mississippi State University students walk to class on the Starkville campus. Credit: Molly Minta/Mississippi Today

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Mississippi universities got millions in pandemic relief. It’s hard to know how they spent it.
By MOLLY MINTA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,01/28/22-9:30AM , 1,158 Reads 27,842 Statewide
Mississippi’s eight public universities got hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal government to keep their doors open during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Woodlawn Prep hosts homecoming
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Wed,01/26/22-2:15PM , 1,823 Reads
The Woodlawn Prep homecoming court includes, from left, Escort Braylin Reed, Freshman Maid Gracelyn Farmer, Escort Drayson Patterson, Junior Maid Alonnah Patterson, Escort Wallace Farmer, Homecoming Queen Bella Sinclair, Escort Brett Dykes, Senior Maid Shana Davis, Escort Brock Reed and Sophomore Maid Jane Clair Carney.

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