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<p class="MsoNormal">The Governor’s recent <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/gov/priorities/Pages/Seamless-System-of-Education.aspx">
education policy agenda</a> may be of interest to you as you partner with your Early Learning Hubs and local schools. Your work helping build early literacy opportunities in libraries is definitely key to reducing barriers to school readiness, and in creating
more opportunities for learning in the summer, both of which are mentioned here.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for all the work you’re doing for our youngest learners in Oregon!
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<p class="MsoNormal">Greta B <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Greta Bergquist<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">503-378-2528 | <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl">
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