The classes will be supervised by a high school English teacher, a middle school Math teacher, and former veterinary technician.

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So far, Cisco has hired only one of the academy students: part-time maintenance technician Felicia Voss, 18, who graduated last spring from San Francisco's Thurgood Marshall Academic High School.

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