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Retired Teacher Keeps Turning Pages for Kids

The Tennessean

Jeanne McGehee's heart is firmly devoted to the education of young children in the Nashville area. She taught kindergarten in Sumner County for more than three decades, and after retiring, she found she didn't want to discontinue her work with children. She began work seven years ago as a literary coach with United Way of Metropolitan Nashville's Read to Succeed program.

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