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Hillsborough school board member urges students to ‘get caught reading’
2542146 · March 11, 2025
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Henry Shake Washington of Hillsborough County School Board District 5 spoke to the meeting about the importance of reading, cited an athlete he admires and recounted his own middle‑school experience to encourage students to read.
Henry Shake Washington, a member of the Hillsborough County School Board from District 5, told the meeting that reading is essential to student success and encouraged students to “get caught reading.”
Washington said he brought a book he described as important to…
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