Today Show co-host Matt Lauer visited the John Eliot K-8 School on Thursday. Lauer was greeted by Boston Public Schools Superintendent Carol R. Johnson and Eliot School Principal Traci Walker-Griffith. Lauer flew to Boston to conduct interviews at the Eliot on the importance of Kindergarten. The segment should air the week of September 27th on NBC’s Today Show (shown locally on WHDH Channel 7).
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