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Grandpa on PTSA Board!

I am embarking on a year of excitement and hopefully pleasant experiences and successes with our namesake school.

I just completed my first official PTSA meeting as a granddad.

We have a grandaugher at and I decided since I have the time, why don't I become an active PTSA member? With the blessings of the principal, Dr. Susan Galante, and the support of the staff and other parents, I am embarking on a year of excitement and hopefully pleasant experiences and successes with our namesake school. 

One of our main projects is the production and sale of a special cookbook. This cookbook will contain vintage Durham family recipes and some tidbits of historical information along with recipes submitted by parents, teachers, and even other gandparents associated with Durham Middle School. 

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Proceeds from the sale of this book will go toward the erection of an entrance monument sign to the school. The hearthstone of one of the original Durham homesteads will be included in the construction. Any excess funds will go toward improving the landscape and gardens at the school. I will keep you posted with my "life as a PTSA Grandpa". 

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