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Keeli Benson
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Vickie Branch
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Joel Castillo
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Lori Cook
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Destiny Fonseca
2nd Grade Teacher
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Blanca Gonzalez
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Idali Gonzalez
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Miranda Griffis
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Patricia Harmon
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Lisa Hemby
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Yvette Henderson
3rd Grade Teacher
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Maria Hernandez
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Janice Kinnear
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Barbara Langston
1st Grade Teacher
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Monica Lawson
1st grade teacher
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Annita Lewis
Music Teacher
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Gloria Lopez
Child Nutrition - Middle School
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Brenda Madoni
2nd Grade Teacher
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Jessica Martin
6/7th Grade Social Studies Teacher
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Bernice Ortega
Title III ESL Academic Support
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Orlene Parris
PE Aide
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Kaylee Pavelka
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Eva Pinon
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Heather Sheehan
4/5th Grade Math Teacher
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Vivian Shelby
6/7th Grade ELAR Teacher
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Lindsey Vaughan
Kindergarten Teacher
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Arturo Villareal
Maintenance
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Myiesha Williams
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Patrice Woodruff
6/7th Grade Math Teacher
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