Save the Date: Our Next Professional Development
Mark your calendar for our next education event:
Professional Development + dinner + new books for your classroom!
February 27, 2020, 4:30-7:00 pm
Snow Road Library
2121 Snow Rd, Parma, OH 44134
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I’d like to attend the Professional Development session for 2/27. I’m a preschool Itinerant teacher with CMSD.
Thanks!