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 Marcia Eggleston - Director of the St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES School Library System and Supervisor of the Learning Resources Center, NY 

Danielle Marie Gibbs - Speech Pathologist, NYC, NY

Kimberly Alogna - Third Grade Teacher, Merrick, NY

Tracey Foster - Director of the Arts, Friends Academy, NY

 Scott Andrews - Principal, Roslyn HS, NY

Erin C Hayes - School Social Worker, LI, NY

 Audra Lamb - ESL Teacher, LI, NY

 William Rockensies - Physics/General Science Teacher, Nassau County, NY

Matthew Farber - SS Teacher, Valleyview Middle School, Denville, NJ. On the board of directors for the New Jersey Council for the Social Studies (NJCSS), educational technology adjunct professor at New Jersey City University (NJCU)

Maggie Christodoulou - Teacher of Math Research and ESL Math, Nassau County, NY

Wayne A. Ebanks - HS Principal, Half Hollow Hills, NY

 W. Glenn Famous - Principal, South Brunswick, New Jersey

Helene Chemick - Business Official, Nassau County, NY

Jennifer Fischer - Pre-school Teacher, Suffolk County, NY
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