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 Picayune Sees Improvement in Dropout Prevention[Verbatim From Mississippi Department of Education] When the number of dropouts reached the double digits this school year, administrators and teachers at Picayune Memorial High School decided it was time to do something drastic.  Celebrating Black Students Called N-Word at Ole Miss 2 comments
The Daily Mississippian at Ole Miss reported a disturbing response to the Barack Obama presidential victory on Tuesday night: Hinds County School District - Week In ReviewBolton Edwards Elementary Middle Byram Middle School Honors Military Veterans[Verbatim] There will be a Veterans' Day Program on November 11, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. at Byram Middle School. Veterans, currently serving military personnel and the public are all invited to share in remembering and honoring our veterans. Please come ... read more »Sr. Thea Bowmen School welcomes Bowmen’s oldest living relativeIt looks like the students at Thea Bowman Catholic School recently got a very special visit. Here's the press release from the school: Kidzu Playhouse Does ‘Tom Sawyer’[Verbatim] Kidzu Playhouse, http://www.kudzuplayers.com City of Raymond Proclaims National Chemistry Week[Verbatim] Local students presented signatures to Raymond’s Mayor and Board of Aldermen at the Oct. 7, 2008, board meeting. The students collected community signatures to show support for a resolution to proclaim October 19-25 National Chemistry ... read more »Millsaps Scholar-Athletes Have Highest 5-Year Graduation Rate[Verbatim] JACKSON, Miss.—Millsaps scholar-athletes have once again proved they have what it takes to win both on the field and in the classroom. Millsaps College recently won the David M. Halbrook Award for having the highest percentage of ... read more » Barack the Vote on FacebookThis week we launched our innovative Get Out The Vote campaign which focuses on each of us getting the people we know to vote for Obama by Election Day. Today, we're making it even easier to reach out to friends using the nation's most popular ... read more »Who Are ‘Generation We’?Well, it's the "millennials," and this new book and Web site will tell you about it: NYC to Lower Voting Age to 16? 7 comments
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Ronni M: Bubba, like most things, it's only unimportant if it has no affect on *your* life. If you were an African American, I expect you'd feel differently about your home-town media ...
Nov 06, 2009 | 05:27 PM
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Ironghost: I think you were the one I pointed out asking about the divisiveness of the issue. I'd have to go back and make sure I attributed it right. It was before I made Chili, so...
Nov 06, 2009 | 05:08 PM
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L.W.: That's great! Maybe I will see them at the walk tomorrow. I'm so glad that people are opening up more and more about mental health issues. It's about time! By the ...
Nov 06, 2009 | 04:57 PM
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Queen601: No idea why I'm biting on this, but Ironghost, I'd love to know which one of those categories you've placed me in....I'd choose to think neither, since I'm not a usual player here. I ...
Nov 06, 2009 | 04:37 PM
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thabian: They do...
Nov 06, 2009 | 03:29 PM
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BubbaT: Brian- I just did a quick count, but they aren't far off. Wasn't trying to be scientific, just a rough count. Not that it matters anyway. I think the whole discussion is ridiculous. I ...
Nov 06, 2009 | 02:42 PM
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Brian C Johnson: Bubba, if were to apply the same measure to this issue of the JFP that the index applied to VIP, the first black face appears on page 1, if we count the cover, page 2 if we ...
Nov 06, 2009 | 02:13 PM
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golden eagle: I'm a little late on this, but I found some numbers on the percentages of black in the metro area. This is as of 2000, but Hinds County was 61.1% black, Madison at 37.5% and Rankin ...
Nov 06, 2009 | 02:00 PM
New Look, New Name for Downtown Restaurant
Deirdra Harris Glover: Does anyone know offhand if Suniora's takes plastic?
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JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
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