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Schools prepare for increased student enrollments.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 26-MAY-03 		Format: Online - approximately 1270 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Schools prepare for increased student enrollments.(Michael Kent, Madison County Schools)

Article Excerpt
Madison County Schools Superintendent Michael Kent was just as excited as anyone when Nissan announced the location of its newest American automotive manufacturing plant in Canton in 2001.

"I had that sense of excitement that this was something completely new to the state," said Kent.

The excitement lasted for about three hours. "I started thinking: Madison County is building schools just as fast as we can build them, and they're full as soon as we can build them, and now we're talking about adding even more population on top of the population boom?"

Various schools in the area -- private, as well as public -- began wondering about the effects on their enrollments and programs as the news sank in that the Nissan plant was expected to bring in 4,000 jobs even before the automaker decided to add another production line to the plant last year. Some have responded by stepping up their visibility to attract new students, while others began studying their plans for expanded facilities to see if they needed further work.

Madison and Rankin County school districts immediately began contacting school officials in Smyrna, Tenn., which...

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