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Chaparral Teacher
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 | 2 a.m.
Chaparral High School Japanese teacher and AVID coordinator Deborah LaPlante was a high school dropout who went back to school to get her GED, her bachelor's and her master's degrees. She now teaches some 180 students at the high school, encouraging many of them with her personal story to graduate and pursue higher education. The Sun caught up with LaPlante and one of her students at the graduation ceremony on Monday, June 20, 2011.
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