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August 7, 2009

A little quick math on JPS and education in Jackson

This week, Jackson Public Schools announced a budget for the 2009-2010 school year of $232,000,000. JPS currently has about 32,000 students. The YallPolitics Math and Financial Oversight Department calculates that to be about $7,250 per child. Just to yield some perspective to how much that is, here are some tuitions of private school options in…
Opinion  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 7, 2009

Violence, arrests ensues as health care vote looms at the end of recess

Violence, arrests ensues as health care vote looms at the end of recess Town hall meetings called to discuss proposed health care legislation turned violent Thursday, with a meeting in Tampa, Fla., descending into shouting and one in St. Louis ending in arrests. Close to 1,500 people came to the Tampa suburb of Ybor City…