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How Trump’s education cuts will impact teachers and families in Virginia Beach

By Dogwood Staff

May 26, 2025
During a recent town hall, Virginia Beach Education Association president Heather Sipes discussed how the shutdown of the Department of Education will affect not only her life as a teacher but her teenage sons as well.

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