# @enquirer on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-02-24T15:02:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sam Greene (@sgdoesit) — https://gondola.cc/sgdoesit

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Cincinnati Public Schools rolled out at a literal red carpet at its Feb. 23 board meeting to honor an educator who dedicated 33 years teaching in the district and developed an early intervention program among the first of its kind, later adopted by the state.

At 100 years old, Sayde Bunyan-Dean has witnessed a century of change in public education, spearheading progress as a Black educator when segregation persisted in Cincinnati Public Schools and race riots moved through Avondale, the district wrote in an article about Dean shared with The Enquirer.

Dean said "seeing so many young people so active in education" was the highlight of her visit to the board meeting, organized in honor of Black History Month.

Dean's time in special education with children coming from turbulent home lives at what is now Hays-Porter school motivated her to launch her trailblazing early intervention program, the district said. Launched in 1953, Dean's program sent teachers into homes to coach parents on how to prepare their children for preschool.

Dean retired from Cincinnati Public Schools in 1990. She summed up her legacy as "breaking the ice" to get her where she wanted to go.

"And I think I cracked a lot of stones to get there," she said.

Read the full story at the link in our bio. 
(🎥: grace_e_tucker / The Enquirer) #cincinnati #cincinnatiohio #cps #education

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