Tag: poor

  • For poor schools, building repairs wipe out COVID relief money End-shutdown

    JASON, Mrs. — The air conditioning stopped working when students returned from summer vacation last year to Jim Hill High School in Jackson, Mississippi, forcing them to learn in sweltering heat. By Thanksgiving, the students were huddled under blankets because the heat wasn’t working. Along the way, students dealt with broken locker room showers, plumbing […]