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https://downhomenc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Mecklenburg-County-PSS-Sept-2023.jpg1439960"Have you seen those blue shirts?" That's what people all across the state were saying last month during Public School Strong's September Surge. The "blue shirts" popped up at school board meetings in dozens of counties all across the state with one message: "Enough is enough: Support Public Education NOW!"