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‘You can’t help but to wonder’: Crumbling schools, less money, and dismal outcomes in the county that was supposed to change everything for black children in the South

The Hechinger Report

State and federal education leaders have feted Mississippi’s four-year stretch of improvement on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Since 2003, public schools in the state have only been fully funded twice. In 2003, when Robert Clark retired, his son Bryant Clark ran for his father’s old seat.

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Climate change threatens America’s ragged school infrastructure

The Hechinger Report

In fact, in 2019 and 2020 some or all funds to reimburse municipalities for past projects were vetoed by Gov. In October 2003, one year after a flood that forced people to evacuate their homes, residents voted to tax themselves — an action locals here do not take lightly — and create the Seward-Bear Creek Flood Service Area.

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