97.9 The Hill News Director Brighton McConnell visited with three educators from CHCCS AVID Program: Lead Gifted Ed. Specialist and Lead High School AVID Coordinator Nicholas Winstead, veteran AVID teacher Joanne McClelland, and AVID Alum Jodeci Farrington from Sewell Elementary School.
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