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District says Health First underwrote 'The Coffee Bean' program; student praised the purchase
Summary
A sixth-grade student praised the district—s purchase of The Coffee Bean author visit and book distribution; Superintendent Rendell said Health First underwrote the Coffee Bean program and that the initiative costs about $100,000 for books and related events.
A sixth-grade student, Corey Higginbotham, told the board Oct. 28 that Superintendent Desmond Rendell spent $21,650 for a guest speaker who delivered a program tied to The Coffee Bean, a book distributed to sixth graders.
Superintendent Rendell later clarified the district—s Coffee Bean program is a multi-year initiative in which every sixth…
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