Cooking supplies. Lab equipment. Furniture.
When Flagstaff educators Taylor Doren, Tom Talasek and Leah Claypool were asked to share their classroom wish, these are the things they asked for � and what they will be able to purchase using $2,500 in grant funding they were each awarded last week.
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