AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoArts & Film: Oxford’s Sarahfest held its first folk-horror film festival, pairing screenings with student-film and visual-effects workshops. Community Safety: Rolling Fork has two new tornado shelters—one at a family’s home and another at a church—after residents helped install the first Oz shelters in Mississippi. Food & Folkways: Leland’s Las Delicias will showcase its Delta tamales at Jackson’s National Folk Festival, Nov. 13–15, celebrating Mississippi food traditions. Education: Mississippi’s charter-school board voted to move toward revoking SR1 College Prep and STEM Academy’s charter, despite the Canton school’s strong reading results. Separately, a federal appeals court cleared the state’s public-school DEI ban to take effect. Local Culture: Mississippi State’s Night in the Archives welcomed visitors to explore collections documenting the university, the state and the South.
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