I Love Public Schools

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Sarah Williams

Wednesday, January 19, 2022 // Waverly

Have loved and benefited from Nebraska’s public schools for 50 years. Began in a one-room country school with no running water; HS diploma from Wisner-Pilger; college in Iowa; back to the good life in the Sandhills; now a Waverly Viking. I ❤️ Public Schools!

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