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Buddy Pearson & Principal of Jere Whitson Elementary, Tina Francis-Hodge

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Buddy Pearson meets with Tina Francis-Hodge, the principal of Jere Whitson Elementary and the 2022-23 Principal of the Year for the state of Tennessee. They talk about the process it took beginning a year ago with her winning Principal of the Year for Putnam County, where her 36 year teaching career began, & the neighborhood and specific culture that Jere Whitson has. 

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