WISD welcomes back educators for 2018

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Staff Report on August 15, 2018

Wimberley Independent School District teachers, staff and administrators joined together for the 2018-19 school year convocation on Aug. 9 at the J. Gary Wyatt and Lydia Miller-Wyatt Lone Star Theatre.

The event is a traditional kick-off for the district toward the new academic year.

Presenting the 2018 convocation was Johanna Dennis, a Jacob’s Well Elementary teacher who survived both the Memorial Day 2015 flood, as well as cancer.

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