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H.T.A. Newsletter
H.T.A.is here for you because you deserve
the best.
Approved for publication by James Pace,
HTA President, 04/8/05
V olume 5 - Issue 3 - March/April 2005
HTA/CTA/NEA
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Executive Board
Jim Pace
President
Gordon Williamson
Vice-President
Jose Madera
Treasurer
Claudia Ethun
Secretary
Tom Kerman
Secondary Director
Scott Johnson
Director At Large
Jeanne Triska
Elementary Director
Rep Council
Jodi Consten
Shelley DeLay
Barry Feinstein
Cheryl Franks
Jim Garrett
Heather Glenn Darin Grebel
Debbie Herndon
Kristina Holmes
Edie Irwin
Tanalee Jackson
Robert Kirk
Vicki Kirk
Elizabeth Krall
Patty Liggett
Gina Jeffs Lindsay
Cyndy Mandell Gerald Marrs
Jackie Marsh
Harvey Miller
Mark Mulhern
Kathryn Mustain
H. Todd O'Neal
Sara Pifer
Linda Rector
Jim Resvaloso
Marcia Rhodes
Yolette Rios
Cheryl Roberts
Cheryl Rutledge
Scott Sheffield
Steve Thompsen
Chris Trudel
Tina Walker
Susan Wells
Membership Chair
Barbara Bailey
Grievance Co-Chairs
Jim Garrett
Dick Westerhoff
SCSEBA Labor Rep
Heather Glenn
Newsletter Editor
Fran McCullough
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INCOME PROTECTION?
President's
Message
By Jim Pace, H.T.A President
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The Governor has been very busy lately.
He has been hosting luncheons and charging his
contributors about ten thousand dollars per plate. He
has been quite successful in the fund raising arena,
raising millions of dollars for his so called reform
crusade.
While the Governor is out raising buckets of money so
he can get his message heard via: Television, radio and
print media. He does not want his opposition to be able
to do the same. He wants to stop our collective voices.
How?
He wants to make it much more difficult for CTA and
its Coalition partners, firefighters, police, nurses
and other state employee unions to contribute money
towards their causes. He wants to silence and slow down
our collective voices. For example, let's look at
the Governor's campaign to change our pension plan.
He has been raising Millions of dollars to run his ads.
On the other hand, the coalition partners: teachers,
nurses, firefighter, police and other state workers
have been able to counter his points through our
television spots. Using a portion of our dues money,
the Coalition partners were able to quickly purchase
ads to alert the public and their membership that death
benefits to police and fire men would be altered as
well as other reductions and changes to our plans. As a
result of our quick action, the Governor recently
announced that he is dropping his pension plan until
2006.
But the Governor wants to limit how quickly we can
react. Under his so called "Income Protection
Plan" the Governor wants each teacher (all 300,000
of us) to fill out paper work each and every year
before our money can be used. Currently, CTA has a box
on its membership form that you may check it you do not
want your money to be used for political activities.
This is permenent, you do not have to fill out each
year, and you may change the status at any time.
Imagine if all 300,000 teachers along with hundreds of
thousands of firefighters, police, nurses and others
had to fill out these forms and turn them in each and
every year before they could get our message out. Do
you think that the Governor would be dropping his
pension scheme? I speculate that by the time the
majority of us turned in the forms it would already be
too late. Instead, the announcement would be very
different today; the Governor would be announcing that
he has reformed our pension plan. Don't let him
silence our collective voices!
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UPDATE:
Upcoming elections in May
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SECRETARY'S REPORT
by Claudia Ethun
HTA Secretary
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Elections for President, Vice-President
and Treasurer will be in May. Anyone interested in
running should notify Barbara Bailey, in writing, at
Lime Street School by MAY 5TH.
Following is a list of the items addressed at the Rep
Council meeting which was held on Tuesday, February 22,
2005. Jake Anderson (CTA Rep.) addressed the
Governor's proposed 77 initiatives for education
cuts (including the change of Proposition 98).
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In addition, the following topics were covered; health
care for the coming year, school water damage, and NEBS
(money lost from 403 accounts) update by Jake
Anderson.
The final Rep Council meeting will be THURSDAY, MAY 19
2005.
P.M. Mark your calendars!
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BY THE #'S
By Jose Madera
HTA Treasurer/Director HDIEET
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The final percentages are in for the
2005-2006 school year. Our entire benefits
package will increase 12.3% from $9,097.08 (12 x
758.09) to $10,216.20 (12 x 851.35). The new cap for
2005-2006 is $9000.
Your out-of-pocket will be the difference between the
new premium and the cap ($10,216.20 - $9,000.00 =
$1,216.20) divided by ten months, i.e.,
$121.62.
| BENEFITS
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2004-2005
PREMIUM
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2005-2006
PERCENT INCREASE
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2005-2006
PREMIUM
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| Life
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9.58
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0%
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9.58
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| Dental
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107.54
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0%
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107.54
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| Vision
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17.48
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9.9%
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19.21
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Med/Behavioral
Care
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623.49
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14.7%
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715.02
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| TOTALS
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758.09
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12.3%
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851.35
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DID YOU KNOW
By Jeannie Triska
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Can Stress Make You Sick?
Most of us shrug off a certain amount of daily stress.
Demanding bosses, overstuffed schedules, white-knuckle
traffic - it all gets on our nerves, a little at a
time. We grumble, we grouse, we groan. But we get over
it. All those frustrations are irritating, but they
won't hurt us, right?
Wrong. Chronic, everyday emotional stress can take a
physical toll.
"The stress in our lives, and the internal
distress it causes, can wreak havoc on our
bodies," says Alice D. Domar, Ph.D., director of
women's health at the Harvard Mind/Body Medical
Institute.
What Studies Show:
"When we are stressed," Domar explains,
"our hearts get overstimulated, our hormonal
output becomes imbalanced, and our immune systems are
weakened. Even our reproductive systems can be
affected."
Numerous scientific studies link emotional stress and
physical ailments. For example:
- A 2001 study of 1,149 subjects in
Spain found that people who felt stress more
deeply caught colds more often than those who
were less stressed.
- A 2001 study at UCLA found that
stress accelerates AIDS progression and
undermines the helpfulness of anti-HIV drugs.
- Researchers at Ohio State
University have done a number of studies on
stress and cancer. They've found that stress
makes disease-fighting cells less effective and
hinders the body's ability to repair damaged
DNA, and that people with terminal cancer who
receive lots of stress-reducing social support
live longer than those who don't.
- A 2001 Australian study of
children who frequently caught colds found that
those who received training in stress management
techniques experienced fewer symptoms than
children who received no training.
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How Stress Gets Physical
During a nerve-racking situation - say, a run-in with
a co-worker - your body goes into Red Alert. Your
endocrine system produces more stress hormones, such as
adrenaline. Blood pressure, muscle tension and heart
rate climb. More cholesterol flows into your
bloodstream. The hypothalamus releases endorphins, the
body's natural painkillers.
After the stressful situation, your body gradually
returns to a normal, balanced state. But when stress is
chronic, your body regularly switches into the Red
Alert mode for prolonged periods of time, which takes a
toll on your body:
- Excessive amounts of stress
hormones limit the immune system's
disease-fighting capability.
- Constant surges in blood pressure
and cholesterol production damage blood
vessels.
- Frequent demand for endorphins can
make them less effective, aggravating migraine
headaches, backaches and other painful
ailments.
Find What Works For You. How do you stop stress
from causing physical harm? Different people find
success with diverse strategies, including
exercise, meditation, relaxation, prayer, yoga
and social support. Any or all can break the
cycle of chronic stress, and give body and mind a
chance to return to a balanced, peaceful, healing
state.
As anyone who's ever seethed through a
traffic jam knows, some stressful events are
simply outside your control. What you can control
is your response. Protect your health; choose to
defuse. Alice Lesch Kelly is a health writer in
Newton, Mass. She is co-author (with Dr. Alice D.
Domar) of The Mind/Body Guide To Infertility, to
be published by Viking in Fall 2002.
This article is by Alice Lesch Kelly from
the Healthy Reward Program on stress.
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TOP OF THE CLASS
By Jose Madera
There are two new additions (in bold) to the Top of
the Class, Sean Shea, SDC at HHS and Paul Labrado
at Joshua Circle.
If anyone out there can beat these numbers, send the
information to Jose Madera at Sultana High School.
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TEACHER
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SUBJECT
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SITE
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GRADE/
PERIOD or DAY
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# OF
STUDENTS
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| 4-Oct
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Getchel, R
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SDC
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Mesa
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4th-6th
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12
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| 29-Sep
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Mulhern
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U.S. History (RSP)
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SHS
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?/1st
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17
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| 29-Sep
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Mulhern
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MathSkill Builders
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SHS
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9th/6th
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18
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| 29-Sep
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Mulhern
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U.S. Government(RSP)
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SHS
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12th/2nd
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19
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| 2-Nov
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Triska, Jeanne
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All
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Kingston
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1st
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20
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| 1-Oct
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Smith, A
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All
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Mesa
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2nd
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20
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| 29-Sep
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Switzer, M
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All
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Mesa
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3rd
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20
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| 18-Oct
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Ojeda, T
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Home Room
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RMS
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8th/1st
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24
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| 1-Oct
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Nelson, S
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All
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Mesa
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K-PM
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29
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| 30-Sep
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Gates, B
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All
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Mesa
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5th
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33
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| 8-Nov
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Noah, C
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All
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Kingston
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6th
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33
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| 14-Oct
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Pifer, Sarah
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Social Studies
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RMS
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7th/1st
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34
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| 15-Oct
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Doig, J
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Home Economics
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RMS
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7th-8th/7th
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34
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| 15-Oct
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VanDerkamp, R
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Lang Arts
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RMS
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8th/?
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34
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| 28-Mar
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Labrado, P
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All
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Joshua
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4th/DAY
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35
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| 30-Sep
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Perez, K
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All
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Mesa
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4th
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34
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| 15-Oct
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Ingram, B
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Inst. Music
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RMS
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7th-8th/1st
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35
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| 11-Oct
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Calderon
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Art
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RMS
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7th-8th/?
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35
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| 4-Oct
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Castillo, P
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ELD
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HJH
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7th/3rd & 4th
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36
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| 29-Sep
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Madera
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Math Analysis
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SHS
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11th-12th/3rd
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37
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| 29-Sep
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Fowler, J
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Algebra 1A
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SHS
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9th-10th/1st
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38
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| 5-Oct
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Bell
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Math
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HJH
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8th/3rd
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39
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| 29-Sep
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Koch
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World History
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SHS
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10th/1st
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39
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| 4-Oct
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Stokes, G
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English II
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SHS
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10th/?
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40
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| 29-Sep
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Ford, D
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English IV
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SHS
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12th/4th
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40
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| 29-Sep
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Madera
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Algebra 1
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SHS
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9th-12th/6th
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40
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| 15-Oct
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Rummler, M
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Social Studies
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RMS
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8th/6th
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42
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| 4-Oct
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Frederick, S
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U.S. History
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SHS
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11th/2nd
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44
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| 29-Sep
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Mahr, J
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Anatomy/Physiology
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SHS
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10th-12th/3rd
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44
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| 29-Sep
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Miller
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Biology
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SHS
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?/1st
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44
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| 29-Sep
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Zoebelein, D
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History
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SHS
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?/5th
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44
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| 29-Sep
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Viggiano
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Economics
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SHS
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?/1st
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44
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| 29-Sep
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Thomas
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ROTC
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SHS
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?/6th
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44
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| 28-Sep
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Bonner, R
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Algebra 2
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SHS
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9th-12th/1st
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45
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| 29-Sep
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Porter, J
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Geometry
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SHS
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?/2nd
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45
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| 29-Sep
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Ford, D
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English
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SHS
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12th/2nd
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46
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| 5-Oct
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Jacobs, B
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SDC
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HJH
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7th-8th/DAY
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86
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| 24-Feb
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Shea, S
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SDC/MATH
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HHS
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9th-12th/DAY
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110
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