Posted: 5/8/02

Henry meets the student challenge

When Jeff Henry, a reading teacher at Southwest Junior High School challenged eithth graders to produce improved scores in the state reading and math tests, he made a promise. If the students met the test goal, Henry would shave his beard of 15 years. On May 1, before an assembly of students who basked in the success of achieving their goal, Henry, with the help of Wyoming barber Russ Mansmith, had his beard shaved. He came to the stage looking something like a rock star or perhaps a professional wrestler.

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