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Wednesday, October 17, 2012  The job of a teacher's aide is not only to help the teacher, but also to provide extra assistance to students in the classroom.

Thursday, October 04, 2012  A man with a gun prompted authorities to temporarily place two schools in Mercedes under lockdown.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  Some 400 John F. Kennedy Elementary students get an impromptu lesson on the importance of keeping cool, as the Mercedes school battles air conditioning problems for the second day.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011  Imelda Rodriguez is a crossing guard in Mercedes.That is, until John F. Kennedy Elementary closed its doors to 5th and 6th grade students in 2006 and has been rotting away ever since.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011  The state budget plan unveiled in Austin is everything it promised to be and that's not a good thing for public schools now having to look at how to make their own cuts outside of slashing jobs.