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Party primary elections will be held Saturday

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Mount Hermon holds 2026 graduation ceremony

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The National Center for Education Statistics cites that rural public schools constitute 28 percent of all U.S. public schools, educating 19 percent of the student population or roughly 9,8 million students.

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