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Hersey

American  
[hur-see, -zee] / ˈhɜr si, -zi /

noun

  1. John Richard, 1914–93, U.S. journalist, novelist, and educator.


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Hersey noted how, in 2008, the district proposed closing Rainier Beach High School to the budget, despite the school making significant gains in enrollment and academic achievement.

From Seattle Times

Hersey said that the visibility of construction jobs in action on campus shows students and their families the viable workforce opportunities available in their own backyard.

From Seattle Times

Seattle School Board President Brandon Hersey, a Rainier Beach resident, said he couldn’t be prouder of the collaboration and conscious decisions going into the project.

From Seattle Times

You can see it as well in the work of the Atlanta-based performance artist Tricia Hersey, the founder of an organization called the Nap Ministry, which promotes sleep as a tool for Black liberation.

From New York Times

“What I’m really excited about, in terms of how to improve the program, is to focus on students instead of figuring out ways to fit students in the process that is already developed and has been running this way a long time,” Board President Brandon Hersey said.

From Seattle Times