Whitmire: Dying student gifts school band uniforms as Alabama sits on $2.2 billion for education

This is a column. Sign up for Kyle Whitmire’s newsletter, Alabamafication, here. Melody Jackson is an inspiration. A student at Reeltown High School in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, she has something to teach about selflessness and common purpose. You see, Jackson is terminally ill, dying from a fast-acting, rare form…

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