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OUR SUMMER, IN BRIEF While schools were quiet, your union kept working. K e pt pus hi n g f or a ss i st a nt pr i n ci p a l prot ec t i ons W elc om ed C h a d T h om a s a s our n e w C hief o f S t a ff B u il t out our a ux ili a r ie s C e m e nt ed t hi s y e a r ’ s str a t egic p l a n B rou gh t r ece nt high s ch oo l g r a d u a t e s A lec a n d W ill i nto our c ommun ic a t i ons wor k E di t o r T i p h a ni C h a p lin w o r king w i t h A lec a t t he CPAA office .
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