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Golden Apple recipient Debra Thomas with sons Ryan and Raymond (standing, left to right) and Teaching Assistant Nija Simmons. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski)

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Sitting Down With Rich East High School’s Golden Apple Recipient Debra Thomas (Story & Video)

by Gary Kopycinski on April 19, 2016

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Golden Apple recipient Debra Thomas at Rich East High School — Golden Apple recipient Debra Thomas with sons Ryan and Raymond (standing, left to right) and Teaching Assistant Nija Simmons. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski)

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Fighting for the rights of her students. That’s just one of the goals that drives Mrs. Debra Thomas, a Special Education teacher at Rich East High School who was recently named a Golden Apple recipient.