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Masks required for Friday night's CHS graduation
By Clay McFerrin
Mon,05/16/22-10:19AM, 715 Reads
The wearing of face masks will be required for everyone attending Friday night's May 20 graduation at Charleston High School, secretary Jerrerico Chambers announced Monday morning, passing along information that he had just received.
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East Tallahatchie School District Superintendent Johnnie Vick speaks during the May 12 regular monthly meeting of the school board. (Photo by Clay McFerrin)

44.7% of Charleston third-graders pass reading gate challenge
By Clay McFerrin
Fri,05/13/22-6:29PM, 2,098 Reads
Just about 45% of the third-graders at Charleston Elementary School have tested well enough on a state-mandated assessment to advance to fourth grade.
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Standing, Charleston Middle School Principal Yarkiema Doss, left, and Assistant Principal Jasmine Roberson field a question from a school board member while East Tallahatchie School District Board of Trustees President Darrell Neal scans a packet of paperwork on Thursday night, May 12, 2022. (Photo by Clay McFerrin)

Charleston school makes adjustments to counter violence
By Clay McFerrin - The Sun-Sentinel
Fri,05/13/22-5:14PM, 3,495 Reads
Charleston Middle School has implemented new policies, adopted procedural changes and beefed up adult supervision in the wake of what one official described as an "isolated incident" involving a "student-initiated fight" early Tuesday afternoon.
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Officials with the Franciscan religious order announced Friday that St. Francis School, due to declining enrollment and increasing budget deficits, will be permanently shuttered after school lets out May 20.

St. Francis School is closing after more than 70 years
By Tim Kalich - Greenwood Commonwealth
Fri,05/13/22-12:00PM, 1,047 Reads 24,420 Statewide
Greenwood’s only Catholic school will be closing after more than 70 years of operation.
When St. Francis of Assisi School concludes its school year on May 20, it will be permanently shuttering an institution that has been educating mostly Black and Hispanic children since 1951.
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