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West Valley teachers return to old stomping grounds

Some instructors are back at schools they attended

In the 1970s, the hit TV show “Welcome Back, Kotter” was based off the unique premise that a teacher returned to the school he once attended.

As it turns out, homecomings like that are still rare in the West Valley.

Surprise music teacher Mikayla McIntosh is one modern-day Mr. Kotter by leading students at Marley Park Elementary just a few years after learning music there herself.

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