POPLARVILLE, Miss. (AP) - The Poplarville School Board has
approved the opening of discussions with Pearl River County about
merging the districts' alternative schools.
The Picayune Item reports Poplarville superintendent Carl
Merritt was given permission this week to being talks with county
schools leader Dennis E. Penton.
The county school district has a fully accredited, daytime
alternative school. Poplarville has a night alternative school,
which, Merritt says the state is planning to phase out.
Merritt told the school board while the merger looks like it
would be beneficial to the Poplarville school system, there are a
lot of fine points to be worked out before a merger could take
place.

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