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Jeff Turner, Jo Wallace-Abbie, Betsy Thomas: Team- Teaching: A Winning Approach

October 22, 2006
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Cover Photo by Bob Freeman, Freeman Photography, Coppell, Texas.
Inside photos courtesy of the Plano ISD Orchestra Department.

Betsy Thomas, Director
Plano East Senior High School
Orchestra: 102 Students
Years Teaching: 25
Years in District: 20
Principal Instrument: Violin, Viola

Jeff Turner, Director
Plano Senior High
School Orchestra: 90 Students
Years Teaching: 13
Years in District: 8
Principal Instrument: Violin

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