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MDE releases compulsory school attendance law reminder
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Thu,09/03/20-4:24PM , 74,300 Reads
JACKSON — As the new school year begins, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement would like to remind parents about the law governing school attendance and about the deadline for notifying school districts of home school decisions.
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School districts submit plans to provide computer devices to all students
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Thu,09/03/20-11:44AM , 75,036 Reads
JACKSON — Every school district in Mississippi has submitted plans to the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) to provide all public-school students with the technology to learn at school and at home. The effort is a part of an MDE program called Mississippi Connects.
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Tallahatchian serves his country aboard Navy missile destroyer
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Thu,09/03/20-11:12AM , 74,744 Reads
IN THE PHOTO: Quartermaster 1st Class Michael Bradford, from Charleston, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), makes an announcement over the ship’s general announcing system prior to a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Matthew Perry (T-AK
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Highway Patrol preparing for Labor Day travel period
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Thu,09/03/20-10:59AM , 36,565 Reads
The Mississippi Highway Patrol is gearing up to keep the state’s roadways safe for the Labor Day holiday.

MHP will begin what it calls the Labor Day travel enforcement period on Friday, Sept. 4, at 12:01 a.m., and conclude it on Monday, Sept. 7, at midnight.
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