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    • From: Judy Gafa <gafaj@gpschools.com>
      Date: June 2, 2016 at 12:40:11 PM EDT
      To: School Board <SchoolBoard@gpschools.org>
      Cc: "Fenton, Christian" <Christian.Fenton@gpschools.org>, "Dean, Jon" <Michael.Dean@gpschools.org>, "Fannon, Rebecca" <Rebecca.Fannon@gpschools.org>, "summerb@gpschools.com" <summerb@gpschools.com>, "Niehaus, Gary" <Gary.Niehaus@gpschools.org>, "roesked@gpschools.com" <roesked@gpschools.com>, "weertzm@gpschools.com" <weertzm@gpschools.com>, "ismaila@gpschools.com" <ismaila@gpschools.com>, "pangboc@gpschools.com" <pangboc@gpschools.com>
      Subject: Re: FW: Resignation
      Lois,
       
      Thank you for your years of service on the board.  You have always shared your thoughts and ideas in a constructive way and we have had many conversations over the years, that have helped guide me in some of my decisions.  Your dedication to the students have always come first. 
      But more importantly you have become a friend.  I look forward to many more conversations with you.
      I heard this the other day and I think you exemplified this on the board
      "The name on the front of the jersey, is more important than the name on the back of the jersey"
      Judy

      On Thursday, June 2, 2016, School Board <SchoolBoard@gpschools.org> wrote:

      ________________________________
      From: Lois Valente
      Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 10:07:49 AM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
      To: School Board
      Subject: Resignation

      Good morning,

       I just wanted to let everyone know I submitted my letter of resignation to President Gafa effective June 30, 2016,

      I have enjoyed serving with all of you,

      Lois
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