Rankin County schools released from desegregation order

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After nearly 60 years, the Rankin County School District has been released from a federal desegregation order put in place to curb racial discrimination. On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Kristi Johnson declared that racial segregation no longer exists in how students are zoned or transferred to district schools and classes or how staff and faculty are assigned to schools. The court also found that studen