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    ‘Star Wars’ director J.J. Abrams had LAUSD teacher in mind for ‘Maz’

    * UPDATED She gave $1 million to Palisades Charter High School for classroom renovations and building a community pool. She was LAUSD’s oldest full-time teacher when she retired at 94 and one of the oldest ever in the nation. She taught the children of Frank Sinatra, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum. And, her students...

    By Mike Szymanski | January 6, 2016



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