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DAYTON - On Wednesday March 16, members of the Dayton School Board will recognize classified employees for their service at a “potato bar” luncheon in the District Board room.

Katie Leid, the board’s employee and community outreach representative brought up the idea at the board meeting held March 2. The luncheon will be one of the activities which are designed to show appreciation for all of the work done each day by classified employees. These individuals provide students with a bus ride to school, a book to check out, a clean building, a warm meal at lunch, a safe playground for recess, someone to look at their scraped knee, help with their transcript, or assistance in math or reading.

Dayton school superintendent Doug Johnson said he encourages all students, teachers and members of the community to say thank you to the schools’ classified employees.