PICAYUNE, Miss. (AP) - A school district in south Mississippi is preparing to combine two elementary schools into one.
The Pearl River County district currently has a Lower Elementary for kindergarten through second grade and an Upper Elementary for third through fifth grade.
The Picayune Item reports that the school board voted last week to create a consolidated Pearl River Central Elementary School.
The change will take effect during the 2018-19 academic year. A principal has not yet been chosen.
Superintendent Alan Lumpkin says officials had been considering the consolidation the past couple of years.
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