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- ↑ "Barbara Leader, "Proficiency slips in Tensas, Franklin Parish schools", July 13, 2013". Monroe News-Star. Archived from the original on December 14, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
- ↑ LPSHSH02 Archived 2006-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
