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Speer Elementary School teacher receives CBS News Texas Crystal Apple Award
"I really wanted to make Miss Buksa famous, I guess," said Saniyah Williams, a student of Sara Buksa's. "I feel like she goes above and beyond her job and I think that needs to be recognized."
Speer Elementary School teacher receives CBS News Texas Crystal Apple Award
Sanaya Williams is a student at Speer Elementary who nominated her teacher in third, fourth and fifth grades—Ms. Sarah Buksa—for the CBS News Texas' Crystal Apple Awards.
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