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studentAbout On the Bus

On the Bus is a public awareness campaign to support the Mississippi Department of Education's dropout prevention program. The campaign is funded by a $1.5 million grant from State Farm®, in partnership with MDE and the Public Education Forum of Mississippi.

The campaign includes:

Mississippi's goal is to cut its current dropout rate of 15.9 percent in half by 2013.

To learn more, explore this website or visit MDE's Office of Dropout Prevention.

To download and print a two-page overview of Mississippi's dropout prevention program, click here.

 

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Simpson County Schools kicked off the 2008-2009 school year with exciting Destination: Graduation events at Magee and Mendenhall High Schools. All students were invited to participate, and the football stadium was filled with parents and community supporters.

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