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Keenum, Peasant tour completed 桃花直播-SOSD Partnership Middle School

Keenum, Peasant tour completed 桃花直播-SOSD Partnership Middle School

Mark Keenum and Eddie Peasant talk in the atrium of the Partnership Middle School
桃花直播 President Mark E. Keenum, left, and SOSD Superintendent Eddie Peasant speak in the atrium of the new Partnership Middle School on the 桃花直播 campus during a tour Friday [July 31]. The school will serve all SOSD sixth and seventh grade students. (Photo by Megan Bean)

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Ashley Allen shows off her science classroom to Mark Keenum and Eddie Peasant
Ashley Allen, center, a seventh grade science teacher at the Partnership Middle School, discusses her new classroom with SOSD Superintendent Eddie Peasant, left, and 桃花直播 President Mark E. Keenum. Allen is an alumna of Starkville High School and 桃花直播. (Photo by Megan Bean)

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擶ith a new school year set to begin next month, a new state-of-the-art school on the campus of 桃花直播 State University will welcome sixth and seventh grade students in the Starkville Oktibbeha School District.

桃花直播 President Mark E. Keenum and SOSD Superintendent Eddie Peasant toured the Partnership Middle School on Friday [July 31]. University and school district officials will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 128,000-square-foot facility next week. The Partnership Middle School includes space for 桃花直播 classrooms that will be utilized to prepare future teachers in a hands-on learning environment.

鈥淚 go to schools all across 桃花直播 to visit with students, and I have never seen a school nicer than this,鈥 Keenum said. 鈥淭his is the most modern school, I think, in the entire state of 桃花直播, and it鈥檚 right here in Starkville serving the needs of students in this community. I鈥檓 proud that our students from 桃花直播 will be able to study at this facility. We want this to be a showcase for teachers all across the state.鈥

The school is built on a 43-acre site that was donated by the university. Construction was funded by state and local bonds, as well as private support. Peasant said the facility is a 鈥済ame-changer鈥 for students of the school district and 桃花直播.

鈥淛ust being here on the campus at 桃花直播 State gives our students access to many opportunities that wouldn鈥檛 otherwise exist,鈥 Peasant said. 鈥淭hey have access to professors and field trips within walking distance. At this age, they get to explore career opportunities that they normally wouldn鈥檛 have as much access to.鈥

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