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Kindergarten teacher, Janet Manfredi, center, gets emotional as her students and their parents gathered during a surprise farewell and Good Luck ceremony at St. Viator School on Wednesday, May 25, 2016. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bizutesfaye)

Kindergarten teacher, Janet Manfredi, center, gets emotional as her students and their parents gathered during a surprise farewell and Good Luck ceremony at St. Viator School on Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bizutesfaye)

Kindergarten teacher, Janet Manfredi, center, gets emotional as her students and their parents gathered during a surprise farewell and Good Luck ceremony at St. Viator School on Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bizutesfaye)

Kindergarten teacher, Janet Manfredi, center, gets emotional as her students and their parents gathered during a surprise farewell and Good Luck ceremony at St. Viator School on Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bizutesfaye)

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