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Building 21 students experience local elections as poll workers

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WFMZ 69 News featured Building 21 Allentown students and Shannon Salter, veteran Social Studies teacher, for their work at this month’s primary elections.

Watch WFMZ 69 News’ coverage of Building 21 Allentown.

“Students from one Allentown High School got a hands-on lesson about the election process.

They worked as poll workers for the primaries, giving them an inside look at the voting process, while helping the Lehigh County Board of Elections.

Shannon Salter is a social studies teacher at Building 21 in Allentown and always tries to go one step further when teaching her students about our government… read more here.”

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