Trimmier Elementary School in Killeen ISD Celebrates Giving With Fear Factor

The work of a school principal is difficult. Sometimes, it may require a bit of acting to motivate the troops.
Trimmier Elementary School Principal Beckie Avery made clear Friday, as she made her way to the stage, that she wasn’t acting as she stepped into a “Fear Factor” assembly.
“I barely slept last night,” she told the audience of students and staff members gathered in the cafeteria.
After the school raised $2,278 for the local United Way fund, easily above the $2,024 goal, Avery was bound by her own bargain to put on a blindfold and touch whatever her creative staff put in front of her.
She didn’t want to.
As students cheered and laughed, the frightened principal made her guesses.
The action was reflected on a screen so everyone could see.
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