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Larry Pirkle selected as 2024 Philip Wright Award winner
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Larry Pirkle, center right, has been selected as the Dawson County School System’s 2024 Philip Wright Award winner. (photos courtesy of Dawson County Schools)
Erica Jones
DCN Staff
Published: Feb 26, 2024, 8:00 PM
Robinson Elementary School special education paraprofessional Larry Pirkle has been selected as the district’s 2024 Philip Wright Award recipient.
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Dawson County students go back to school
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Kilough Elementary School principal Kim Bennett greets students as they walk into school on the first day of the 2025-26 school year. - photo by Erica Jones
Erica Jones
DCN Staff
Published: Aug 1, 2025, 7:00 PM
On Friday Aug. 1, children across Dawson County went back to school for the first day of the 2025-26 school year.
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