Classified School Employee of the Year: VPS honoree attributes success to background as immigrant from MexicoSubscriber Exclusive

By Griffin Reilly, Columbian staff writer

Published: October 11, 2023, 7:38pm

Hilda Lail, Vancouver Public Schools' bilingual family and community engagement partnership coordinator, was named the 2023 Washington State Classified School Employee of the Year. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Hilda Lail will admit it: She cries a lot.

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