{"id":4243,"date":"2023-09-18T13:47:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T17:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tatesschool.com\/?p=4243"},"modified":"2023-09-18T21:38:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T01:38:11","slug":"kevin-burdette-visits-tates-middle-school-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tatesschool.com\/kevin-burdette-visits-tates-middle-school-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Burdette Visits Tate&#8217;s Middle School Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4245 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tatesschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_4048-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tatesschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_4048-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.tatesschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_4048-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tatesschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_4048-773x1030.jpg 773w, https:\/\/www.tatesschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_4048-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.tatesschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_4048-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Tate&#8217;s Middle School students recently had a very special visitor. 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