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Like many high schoolers, 10th-grader Jamyreon Taylor loved basketball. But due to a physical limitation, he was unable to play on his high school team. At most schools, that could have been the end of Jamyreon’s story — and his basketball dreams. But Southeast Lauderdale High School, near Meridian, Mississippi, is not like most schools. […]