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Character Counts program says volunteers now cover all K‑5 classrooms; coordinator urges board partnerships
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Coordinator Wanda Ray told the Queen Anne’s County Board of Education that the Character Counts volunteer program now reaches every K‑5 classroom, with 110 volunteers and 100% elementary coverage; she urged the board to partner on events and noted survey results that teachers and students report positive impacts.
Wanda Ray, the Character Counts coordinator for Queen Anne's County, told the Board of Education on Oct. 1 that community volunteers now serve in every kindergarten through fifth‑grade classroom countywide and that the program is expanding into middle and high schools.
Ray said 110 volunteers work regularly in the schools this year and that the program has a presence in “all 14 of the schools in this county.” She also said the program’s social media posts reached about 69,400 Facebook accounts last month.
Ray and longtime…
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