Before the Christmas break, parents of children at St Mary Magdalen's were informed that teacher Nathan Upton would be coming back to work after the holiday as Lucy Meadows.

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As a result of state and local funding cuts, as many as 280, 000 teacher jobs could be at risk in the coming year.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

So you talked about the coming apocalypse to whoever would listen to your history teacher, who claimed he was building a survival cabin in the Poconos, to your boy who was stationed in Panama (in those days you still wrote letters), to your around-the-corner neighbor, Miss Lora.

NEWYORKER: Miss Lora

Larson tells CNN that in the coming months "Vulkana" will have its own in-house yoga teacher.

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