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Dr. Smith greets every child as they enter the school every morning without fail, often using her trusty radio to multi-task operational issues such as staff call-outs and no-shows. It's her mission to memorize every name of every student attending Stewart, for the children names she can't remember she asks them to quiz her the following day on their way in to school. Photo by Scott Ball.

If a school board is doing their job right, some say it should be a “boring” job. Credit: Scott Ball / San Antonio Report

Dr. Smith greets every child as they enter the school every morning without fail, often using her trusty radio to multi-task operational issues such as staff call-outs and no-shows. It’s her mission to memorize every name of every student attending Stewart, for the children names she can’t remember she asks them to quiz her the following day on their way in to school. Photo by Scott Ball.