TUSD May Ask Voters to Decide on Teacher Raises, Other Funding This Fall - AZ Luminaria

TUSD may ask voters to decide on teacher raises, other funding this fall - AZ Luminaria

When Jessica Ramirez-Perea stepped into a first grade classroom nearly 25 years ago, a new world awaited her.She spoke Spanish only. She had moved hundreds of miles to Tucson from her native California, where her parents were migrant farm workers.What she discovered that school year — mentors, support, friendship, a love of learning — laid the foundation for her professional life as a teacher, she says. She is the first in her family to graduate…

The teacher wrote a letter on the day of farewell to the senior year, sending advice to the 12th grade students, making the readers emotional.