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Its roster tilts heavily toward professionals, including a former law partner and an Annapolis graduate who left a lucrative career at General Electric. After completing her yearlong GATE internship this summer and returning to Schurz High in August as a fully certified teacher, Plummer is now at home with her youngest child, born last winter. Yet she proved her mettle as an intern, earning rave reviews from students and mentors despite the stress of an unexpected pregnancy. Plummer, a 1983 graduate of Kenwood High School, says she always wanted to be a teacher and always enjoyed science, especially biology. After her first year at the University of Chicago, she got married.