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Students mark AAPI Heritage Month at West Orange schools; Connie Salamino named director of student support services

West Orange Board of Education · May 6, 2024
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Students read poems and presented AAPI Heritage Month programming at the May 6 West Orange Board meeting. The board also announced the appointment of Connie Salamino as Director of Student Support Services and heard curriculum updates on inclusion of AAPI materials.

Students from West Orange schools read poems and described cultural programs honoring Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month during the board's May 6 meeting, and the board announced the appointment of Connie Salamino as Director of Student Support Services.

Senior student Vanisha Janaki, a steering-committee member of United Asian Voices, told trustees the group's events give students opportunities to "amplify the voices of students" and urged that AAPI history and perspectives remain part of…

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