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- ↑ Home. Young Men’s Leadership Academy at Fred F. Florence Middle School. Retrieved on July 6, 2019.
- ↑ "Learn about the Lawson Academy". The Lawson Academy. Retrieved 2019-07-13. - Page discusses how it has separate boys' and girls' programs