Intermediate school shows strength during tragedy.

From: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) | Date: February 21, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Jon Sward

Feb. 21--Generosity and community. These concepts are not part of the required middle-school curriculum. But when tragedy took one of their own, the staff members at Pojoaque Valley Intermediate School showed they were capable of teaching the above principles, in addition to performing their usual classroom duties. When Sharon Lujan, 45, a teaching assistant at Pojoaque Valley Intermediate School and an employee of the Pojoaque Valley School District for 17 years, died Feb. 6 after a battle with cancer, her co-workers felt compelled to honor her ...

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