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Denniston Reid ’94 is co-CEO of Excellence Community Schools. Denniston Reid ’94 is always looking toward the future. As co-CEO of Excellence Community Schools, a charter management organization founded by his wife, co-CEO Charlene Reid, in 2016, Reid starts each day thinking about how to make the K-8 education network better at preparing students to gain access to and excel at some of the nation’s best high schools, colleges, and universities. Here’s how he’s doing it: Leadership Development Reid’s job is to foster an organization that continuously thinks about how teachers and leaders at Excellence Community Schools — which has…

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Bringing Alumni Together Thank you for the alumni stories that make connections. The autumn 2023 “Voices” story by Jean Gordon ’87 Kocienda (“The Kindness of Strangers,” p. 10) was of personal interest because I have known Jean since living on the same floor in KED freshman year. It was wonderful to learn more about both her family past and her current service to her community. Additionally, the cover story two years ago about Kimber Clark ’87 Baldwin and her Fiber Optic Yarns business (“Color Ways,” winter 2022, p. 48) has rekindled a connection after 25 years. In her interview, Kimber…

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