636:. November 17, 1986. Retrieved on December 26, 2012. "Drew residents say tension has mounted since a petition began circulating to merge the financially strapped Drew schools with the Sunflower County school system. "It's caused a lot of turmoil," said John Q. West, a Drew school board member. "I'm afraid we're going to end up having neighbor against neighbor." Joe Carpenter, a retired Drew businessman and one of the founders"
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