Spokane Public Schools Superintendent Shelley Redinger leads an Algebra II class at Rogers High School on Wednesday. From left are students Naomi McNeil, Jessie Hegar and Jacob Burger. Redinger spent the school day substituting for a math teacher. Story here. (SR photo: Dan Pelle)

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