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February 23, 2012

Kingfish looks at attempted charter school amendments and the graduation rates they hide

http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2012/02/senator-john-horhn-illiteracys-best.html Notice what category is not on there? Academic Watch, which just happens to the level of Jackson Public Schools. This website reported several days ago on the graduation rates of JPS. Male students graduate in four years at a rate of only 53%. That’s right: only 1 out of every 2 male students in…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 23, 2012

SOS Delbert Hosemann puts out absentee ballot report – says trends leaning toward early voting

Absentee balloting is on the rise in Mississippi, as indicated by an analysis by the Secretary of State’s Office of absentee ballot numbers since the 2007 Statewide General Election. “What we are seeing is the use of absentee balloting as a form of early voting,” says Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann. “The number of absentee…