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Veterans Memorial Middle School eighth-grader Cameron Chandler shows his T. Hiram Stanley Award he received from the Kiwanis Club of Columbus.

Top award for Muscogee County middle school student announced

Veterans Memorial Middle School eighth-grader Cameron Chandler is the 2013 winner of the T. Hiram Stanley Award, considered the most prestigious honor a Muscogee County School District middle school student can receive.

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What's next for school district after closing two schools?

Now that the Muscogee County School Board has approved the administration's proposal to close Edgewood Elementary and Marshall Middle schools to make up for state budget cuts, students who would have attended there next school year will receive new assignments.
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Dawson Elementary's Dominique Donaldson named MCSD's 2013 Outstanding First-Year Teacher

Dominique Donaldson of Dawson Elementary School is the winner of the Muscogee County School District's 2013 Outstanding First-Year Teacher award. The winner was announced during Monday night's school board meeting, where the other two finalists also were honored: Taylor Kinkade of Shaw High School...
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Muscogee County's graduation rate falls below state average

The Muscogee County School District's high school graduation rate decreased from 2011 to 2012 while the state average and similar districts improved.
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School board votes to close Edgewood and Marshall, increase class sizes and lunch prices

It was standing room only 30 minutes before the meeting started. They came with hopes that their schools would be saved from the budget ax. But the packed room Monday night at the Muscogee County Public Education Center turned into a funeral.
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Dimon Kendrick-Holmes commentary: BRAC brings growth to metro Columbus, but not to the Muscogee County School District

Anybody remember the 5th Brigade, 25th Infantry? I thought of it on Wednesday night when the bomb dropped. The bomb was Myles Caggins, chief of operations and facilities for the Muscogee County School District, telling a crowd at a public hearing that the district must close not two schools, but...
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Official: School district needs to close six schools

This $40 million budget shortfall the Muscogee County School District is trying to fill by, in part, closing Edgewood Elementary School and Marshall Middle School is a portion of a long-term financial crisis district officials expect to address in their developing five-year plan.
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Marshall advocates protest 'fast' closing

More than 100 people filled the Marshall Middle School cafeteria Wednesday evening to hear about the potential closing of the school. Many had the same thought as Wanda V. Jenkins.
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MCSD official says Edgewood was chosen based on location, not performances (Marshall hearing inside)

The chief operations and facilities officer for the Muscogee County School District told people at a public hearing on the proposed closing of Edgewood Elementary that the school was chosen for its location and the ability to repurpose the building.
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Marshall Middle students speak out against possible school closing

Amid all the grown-up talk about state budget cuts prompting the Muscogee County School District to consider closing schools, two Marshall Middle School Students spoke up during Tuesday night's public hearing.
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Pastor accuses school district of intimidating teachers into silence about proposed school closings

A Columbus pastor has accused the Muscogee County School District of intimidating teachers into silence about the proposed closing of two schools amid budget cuts.