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"We do not get into education for the fame or the fortune, it is for the students. I remember being the freshman who didn't have a ton of support, but I did have one teacher who believed I could do it. I always said, 'If I could be that one teacher for one other person, then I know that I'm doing it right.'"
— Interview with the Milken Family Foundation
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Sydney Newton (KY '25) District EL Coordinator and High School Curriculum Specialist
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