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- ↑ Sims, Alliyah (April 6, 2018). "Preparations for Greenwood and Leflore County Public School Consolidation". Delta News TV . Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 "2 school districts merge into 1 in the Mississippi Delta". Associated Press . July 6, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
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[...]Threadgill Primary (then still known as W.C. Williams Elementary)[...]
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[...]and 5 miles north of Sidon, MS[...]
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