Margaret Smith decorates a bulletin board at Bailey APAC Middle School during the school district's Beautification Day in Jackson, Miss., on Friday, July 18, 2025. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Shelves half-filled with books lined the walls of the muggy Bailey APAC Middle School library, where a handful of volunteers assembled equipment, painted ceilings and sorted through boxes.
One volunteer, wiping sweat from his brow, was Errick L. Greene, superintendent of Jackson Public Schools.
