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April Albarran, 5, and her stepmother Brenda Albarran meet April's new kindergarten teacher, Lisa Bakken, last week at an open house at Leopold Elementary School. This is the first full year of teaching for Bakken, 23.

Mark Siegel, 24, puts up a poster in his new classroom at Toki Middle School. This is Siegel's first full year as a teacher in the Madison School District, where he'll teach sixth grade.

Luis Marco Tirado, 5, puts together a puzzle as his mother, Imelda Martinez, center, talks with his new kindergarten teacher, Lisa Bakken, left. Bakken held an open house last week in her classroom for parents wanting to talk about the dual-language immersion class she'll be teaching in Spanish this year, her first as a full-time teacher in the Madison School district.

First-year teacher Mark Siegel will have about 20 students in his sixth-grade homeroom class at Toki Middle School. He began decorating his classroom last week, but

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