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R. Gerald Turner Hall, the Institute of Child Nutrition headquarters, located on the University of Mississippi Campus. On March 27, 1998, the Institute held a ceremony to break ground for a new building on the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, MS. [5] [6] On March 23, 2001, construction was completed, and the NFSMI building was dedicated.
Oxford is in central Lafayette County in northern Mississippi, about 75 miles (121 km) south-southeast of Memphis, Tennessee. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 26.7 square miles (69.2 km 2 ), of which 26.6 square miles (68.9 km 2 ) are land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km 2 ), or 0.35%, is water. [ 12 ]
DeSoto County is also the home of the Olive Branch, Mississippi career-technical campus, established in 1985. [6] Oxford Campus. The Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center at Oxford, Mississippi, open in 1983, offers a science lab with internet capable lab stations for viewing dissections. The center also uses Dynamic Human software for health ...
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The Lafayette County School District is a public school district based in Lafayette County, Mississippi . The district serves Abbeville, Paris, Taylor, and Tula, as well as most unincorporated rural areas in Lafayette County. The district incorporates a few outerlying sections of Oxford. [2]
Mississippi's 1st congressional district is in the northeast corner of the state. It includes much of the northern portion of the state including Columbus, Oxford, Southaven, Tupelo, Olive Branch, and West Point. The University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) is in the district.
The superintendent is voted on and elected by the school board. From 2013 through 2017 the superintendent was Brian Harvey. Harvey graduated from the district in 1990 and worked in the district for 17 years; as a middle and high school teacher, the assistant principal at Oxford High School, and the principal at both Central Elementary and Oxford Middle School.
The Oxford Courthouse Square Historic District is a historic district located in Oxford, Mississippi, which is the county seat of Lafayette County.The district has existed since the city's incorporation in 1837, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 2, 1980.