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Pearl River High School Quarantines 40% Of Students In First Week, District Going Virtual
An entire Mississippi school district is going virtual after Pearl River Central High School has ordered 40% of its student body to quarantine after just one week of classes. Classes began at the Carriere, Miss., school on Aug. 5 with no mask mandates.