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Classified Employee of the Year 2018

Congratulations to Elaine Lessar, long-time administrative secretary at Thurston Middle School, who was selected as this year's Classified Employee of the Year! Thurston Elementary secretary Kathy Laird was the first runner up; Gateways educational assistant Phylicia Bullis was the second runner up.
 
Elaine has been with the district for nearly 32 years, having started as a bus driver for several years. She's been at Thurston Middle School ever since. She was nominated this year by her principal, Brandi Starck, who called Elaine’s work “exceptional” and said she is a “master of customer service
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Tell Congress to keep Internet Free

Tell Congress: Keep the Internet Free and Open by Standing Strong on Net Neutrality!

Earlier this year, Republicans voted to take away your internet privacy. Now, the FCC has voted to roll back the Obama-era net neutrality rule that was put in place to keep the internet open, free and fair.

When you go online, you expect to be in control of your internet experience. There shouldn't be fast lanes or slow lanes to certain websites based on how you access the internet. Your internet provider shouldn't decide which apps you can use and which you can't. Net neutrality makes sure that you get to

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New Administrative Building location

The Springfield Public Schools district offices will soon be moving to their new space at 640 A Street in Springfield, just north of City Hall. As previously reported, the district’s Administration Building, located at 525 Mill Street, was declared “seismically unsound” in a 2015 engineer’s report. After considering a number of options, the district determined that renovating a different building was more cost-effective than either bringing the existing building up to code or building a new structure.

The move will take place during the first week of winter break – Dec. 18 through 22 – during

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