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Miss. Schools Eligible for Conversion to Charters

JACKSON (AP) — Because they have performed poorly for three years in a row, the following 35 schools across Mississippi are eligible to be converted into public charter schools. A majority of parents would have to sign a petition that is approved by the state Board of Education to take the schools from current administrators and set up new management independent of a local school board. Here's the list of eligible schools alphabetically by district:

Aberdeen: Shivers Middle.

Benton County: Ashland High.

Claiborne County: Port Gibson High.

Clarksdale: Clarksdale High, Higgins Middle, Oakhurst Middle, Booker T. Washington Elementary.

Cleveland: D.M. Smith Middle.

Coahoma County: Coahoma County Junior-Senior High, Friars Point Elementary.

Coffeeville: Coffeeville High.

Copiah County: Crystal Springs Middle.

Covington County: Mount Olive Attendance Center.

Greenville: Greenville-Weston High.

Hinds Agricultural: Hinds Agricultural High.

Holmes County: Lexington Elementary.

Indianola: Gentry High.

Jackson city: Whitten Middle.

Lee County: Verona Elementary.

Leflore County: Amanda Elzy High, Leflore County High.

Leland: Leland School Park.

Meridian: Carver Middle.

Moss Point: Moss Point High, Magnolia Junior High.

Natchez-Adams: Morgantown Elementary.

Newton city: Pilate Middle.

Noxubee County: Liddell Middle.

Okolona: Okolona High.

Oktibbeha County: East Oktibbeha High, West Oktibbeha High.

South Pike: Magnolia Elementary.

Walthall County: Dexter High.

Yazoo City: Yazoo City High, McCoy Elementary.

Source: Mississippi Department of Education.

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