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#47 – Calexico Unified’s Esmeralda Garcia on Expanding Equity Through After-School Learning [VIDEO]
In this episode of On the Subject, host Michael Vilardo sits down with Esmeralda Garcia, Director of Expanded Learning at Calexico Unified—possibly the southernmost district in California—to explore how she’s reimagining


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