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Live Updates: Grimsley routing Dudley early
Guilford plans for state-ordered school closures that start Monday
- Jessie Pounds
- Mar 14, 2020
- Mar 14, 2020 Updated Mar 14, 2020
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Superintendent Sharon Contreras speaks to the media ahead of a news conference on Saturday in response to the governor's announcement earlier in the day that all public N.C. schools will close for at least two weeks starting Monday.
- Jessie Pounds/News & Record
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