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A special teachei for special keiki Billie Ann Lairsey, Special Education, Chaminade University Billie Ann Lairsey has always wanted to be a teacher. "Ever since I was a girl, I've been happiest in the classroom," said Billie, who began teaching Sunday School when she was 10 years old. She took a different path, however, and after graduating from Leilehua High School in 1967, she received her associate of arts degree in accounting, then obtained a license in cosmetology. When the youngest of her four children began kindergarten, Billie found herself again in the classroom. "I asked the teacher if I could stay," explained Billie, "to ease my separation anxiety. i was asked to volunteer and realized teaching was Jhh my calling." With financial aid from KSBE, Billie returned to college and is nearly finished with her • WU master's degree in special education. If you are Hawaiian, in a full-time college degree program and attending specified Hawai'i colleges, you may qualify for some of the nearly $14 million in post-high school financial aid offered by KSBE. For information, eall 842-8216. kamehameha schools l Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate KSBE's policy to give preference to individuals of Hawaiian descent as permitted by law has been ruled non-discriminatory by the IRS.

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