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Merged

Despite Hurdles, Fletcher Maynard Academy Moves Ahead

"We have put kids on notice that we're here to make them smarter," Harris says.

In the Trenches

On Monday morning before school starts, Korin Littlejohn, a fourth-grader, sits at a table in the cafeteria with her friends.

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In contrast to the contentious process that merged the two schools, she says she has gotten along fine with students from Fletcher.

"Some parents didn't like the idea," she says. "They had meetings and meetings and meetings."

Some things have changed, Littlejohn says. For one, the gym is bigger--one of the improvements made over the summer. And there is a new paint job in the cafeteria.

"They used to have flowers on the wall," she says.

"The flowers were ugly," one of her friends pipes in.

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