New York Times Revisits West Tennessee School In First ‘Times Documentary'

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By: Michael Calderone | Huffington Post

NEW YORK -- After The New York Times published reporter John Branch's five-part series last year on the girls' basketball team of Carroll Academy, a juvenile court-run school in Huntingdon, Tenn., sports editor Jason Stallman recalled getting a flood of responses and a common request: "Don't turn your back on these girls."

So Branch revisited the beleaguered Lady Jaguars of Carroll Academy, their families and school administrators for two forthcoming stories on a community struggling with high unemployment, teen pregnancy and rampant methamphetamine and prescription drug abuse.































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