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Jones Stained Glass Students donate Stained Glass Piece to Creature Comforts
Fri,10/15/21-5:29PM , 608 Reads
A couple of Jones College Jasper Center Stained Glass students, Paula Hendry, left, and Sherry Gieger, right, donated their creativity and time to make these fun sun catchers. They were especially made for Creature Comforts Animal Shelter in Clarke County to bring a smile to those that work there and those that rescue an animal there.
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Jones College Concert Choir performs, “New Season, New Songs”
Fri,10/15/21-5:18PM , 852 Reads
ELLISVILLE-Jones College’s Concert Choir will begin the fall performance season with the first concert on Sunday, October 17, at 6 p.m.
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Black, low-income students will lose thousands in college aid under proposed program
By MOLLY MINTA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,10/14/21-2:36PM , 476 Reads 14,852 Statewide
The Post-Secondary Board this week unanimously voted to recommend an overhaul of Mississippi’s financial aid programs that could completely change how the state helps students pay for college.
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Between 13-20 bus drivers for the Greenville Public School District skipped work to protest reduced pay and what they called poor work conditions. Credit: Kayleigh Skinner, Mississippi Today

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Greenville school board: Not enough evidence to determine if bus drivers went on strike
By KATE ROYALS - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,10/13/21-10:36AM , 338 Reads 10,639 Statewide
The school board for the Greenville Public School District said there was not enough evidence to determine whether the absences of 16 of the district’s 20 bus drivers in late April constituted a strike.

The alleged strike occurred over two days. On the first day, 15 bus drivers did not come to work. On the second, 16 did not show.
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