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ROSS. YEAH PARENTS TELL US THEY UNDERSTAND THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO KEEP KIDS SAFE STUDENTS ON THE OTHER HAND SAY CLOSING SCHOOL FOR A MONTH IS A BOMBER. I WILL BE SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER. GOVERNOR TATE REEVES ANNOUNCED THURSDAY. ALL MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED FOR ANOTHER MONTH UNTIL APRIL 17TH. I MEAN IT’S KIND OF UPSETTING BECAUSE WE’RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN SCHOOL FOR LIKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME AND WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE IT UP DURING THE SUMMER, YOU KNOW HONESTY IS IT’S NO PROBLEM TO ME. WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TEACH THEM AT HOME. THE GOVERNOR’S DECISION AFFECTS 460,000 SCHOOL KIDS AND HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE INCLUDING MCNEIL ELEMENTARY IN CANTON WHERE DR. SHANNON WHITEHEAD IS PRINCIPAL. WELL, MY FIRST REACTION IS I WAS HEARTBROKEN. BECAUSE WE’RE SO USED TO HAVING OUR STUDENTS HERE AT MCNIEL. WE’RE SO USED TO THE ROUTINES OF HAVING STUDENTS FROM MORNING TO AFTERNOON PRINCIPAL WHITEHEAD SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS QUICKLY WENT TO WORK TO MAKE SURE KIDS KEEP LEARNING WHILE THEY’RE AT HOME DURING THE CODE 19 CRISIS RIGHT? HERE IS OUR OUR CLASSROOM LEARNING PODS, SO WE STARTED WITH MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO ONLINE LEARNING ACTIVITIES ACCESS TO ONLINE LEARNING RESOURCES. WE DO HAVE IPADS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE SO, YOU KNOW, THEY PEG’S HOME, AND WE’RE ABLE TO YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, KEEP EVERYTHING ON PAR WITH THE TEACHERS HAVE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, BEEN LAID OUT ALREADY IS NOTHING WE CAN DO REALLY JUST PRAY. AND JUST ASK GOD TO GIVE US INTERVENE AND JUST REMOVE IT TILL KATINA MAC FOWLER’S HAD HER 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER.pSO MAYA W’ HIGH IS DESPERATE TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL. SHE WAS UPSET ON YESTERDAY BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO GO BACK SCHOOL WANTED TO GET BACK CLOSE WITH HER FRIEND. AND CANTON HIGH SCHOOL HAS ALREADY CANCELED SENIOR PROM FOR THIS YEAR PARENTS AND STUDENTS ARE AFRAID GRADUATION TO TWO MONTHS AWAY FROM NOW COULD BE NEXT LIVE IN

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