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The Path to a State Takeover of Jackson Public Schools

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Jacksonians fill the second floor auditorium of the Mississippi Department of Education building with “#OurJPS” posters, in support of the school district after the Commission on School Accreditation voted JPS to be in an “extreme emergency” on Sept. 13, 2017.

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Commission Chairwoman Heather Westerfield and board members listen to both JPS and MDE before voting to declare an “extreme emergency” in JPS on Sept. 13, 2017.

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Interim Superintendent Freddrick Murray, tells the Commission on School Accreditation about the significant changes JPS has made, and the inconsistencies between MDE’s and JPS’s data on September 13, 2017.

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Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba talks to media about his thoughts on the Commission declaring a extreme emergency.

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House Representative Jarvis Dortch talks with Jackson Free Press State Reporter Arielle Dreher about his thoughts on the Commission declaring a extreme emergency.

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