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SCHOOL OFFICIAL: No gunshots had been fired at Natchez High School homecoming bonfire

NATCHEZ — No gunshots were fired at a Natchez High School homecoming bonfire as social media rumors had ...

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Employees move out of school board building because of mold

VIDALIA, La. — The Concordia Parish School Board is having to relocate employees and seek remediation and testing ...

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Jack and Zelda Millstein Scholarship endowed at Co-Lin

The Jack and Zelda Millstein Scholarship was recently endowed with the Copiah-Lincoln Community College Foundation by the late ...

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‘I have big thoughts,’ Black earns perfect LEAP score in English, wants to become an author

VIDALIA, La. — Meredith Black, a Concordia Parish Academy 11th-grader, said she doesn’t judge a book by its ...

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Aspiring paleontologist earns top LEAP score in English II

VIDALIA, La. — Concordia Parish Academy student Kailey “Rory” Freeman, one of the top 10 English II LEAP ...

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Southwest Mississippi Mom argues private schools harm public education

By Emily Wagster-Pettus JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi mother testified Tuesday that her child’s public school is ...

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Author, paleontologist, chef or CEO of the world? Perfect scoring student on state test aspires for greatness

VIDALIA, La. — Nine-year-old Andi Cooley said she isn’t sure yet what she wants to be when she ...

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PERFECT SCORE: Vidalia student pleasantly surprised by LEAP test results

VIDALIA, La. — When someone asks the 6th-grade class at Vidalia Junior High School to point to the ...

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Concordia Parish schools among state’s top 10 most improved schools on 2021-22 state tests

VIDALIA, La. –  The Louisiana Department of Education released 2021-22 LEAP scores earlier this month that show strong ...

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School board plans to lease former Washington school building to church

NATCHEZ — The Natchez Adams School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution to lease ...

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Juvenile arrested after posting pictures holding an AR-style weapon, asked peers if he should bring it to school

VIDALIA, La. — Vidalia Police have arrested an unnamed juvenile from Vidalia Upper Elementary School for posting pictures ...

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Peré resigns from school board, withdraws from November election

VIDALIA, La. — “Nicky” Peré has resigned from the District 5B seat on the Concordia Parish School Board. ...

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Natchez Adams School District quickly closing enrollment gap

NATCHEZ — Natchez Adams School District’s student enrollment has picked up drastically over the past three weeks since ...

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GALLERY: New school year begins for Miss Lou schools

By MAIA BRONFMAN and SABRINA ROBERTSON The Natchez Democrat VIDALIA, La. — Cathedral elementary and high schoolers began ...

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UPDATE: NASD enrollment escalates, still 245 students shy of last year

NATCHEZ — Enrollment for Natchez Adams School District has escalated closer to the district’s expected enrollment of approximately ...

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VIDEO: Back to School for scenes from Adams County Christian School and Vidalia Upper Elementary

By MAIA BRONFMAN and SABRINA ROBERTSON The video above includes images from the first day back to school ...

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Bat infestation delays start of school at Vidalia Lower Elementary

VIDALIA, La. — Concordia Parish public schools are to start the 2022-23 school year today, but Vidalia Lower ...

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School back in session, but where are all the students? NASD enrollment numbers down by 700

NATCHEZ — Natchez Adams School District started the 2022-23 school year last week in full swing with few ...

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Ferriday High opens new Star Academy

FERRIDAY, La. — On Thursday evening, Ferriday High School cut the ribbon in front of a $1.8 million ...

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New school year begins for Natchez Adams School District

NATCHEZ — Middle school students walked around bright orange safety fencing as they went from classroom to classroom ...

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