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Author Archives: Roberta Raymond

Posted inOpinion

Peach ignorance is the pits

by Roberta Raymond February 19, 2019February 10, 2021

It’s the middle of winter — snow and ice cover the ground — and I am thinking about peaches. Could it be that the last jar of freestone peaches I canned late last summer is staring at me from the refrigerator? It seems no matter how many peaches I can, it is never enough.

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Summer reading camp for low-income students

by Roberta Raymond November 20, 2018February 10, 2021
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What do we do about underperforming schools?

by Roberta Raymond November 6, 2018February 10, 2021
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Let’s bring more artists to Harrison Street

by Roberta Raymond June 13, 2017February 10, 2021
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Where are our future black male doctors?

by Roberta Raymond September 27, 2016February 10, 2021
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A ‘goal’ is far from a ‘quota’

by Roberta Raymond October 9, 2012February 10, 2021
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Closed campus at OPRF worth a look

by Roberta Raymond November 30, 2010February 11, 2021

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