Kirby High School comeback begins Monday
Kirby High School teachers Denett Davis (center) and Rorey Lawrence greet each other and fellow faculty and staff as they prepare on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, for an open house at the school which is reopening Monday after a rat infestation forced Shelby County Schools to close the campus last year and temporarily relocate students. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Almost four months after it closed because of a rat infestation, Kirby High School reopens Monday to students who spent most of their first semester spread across three other campuses. The school returns with some new features and technology it didn't have before.
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