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Goshen students can scan a QR code and request to see Meg to pet her or receive hugs from the pooch during their school days, in addition to Meg's regular rounds in school classrooms and events. Another handler, Jen Phillips, also brings Meg to other classrooms when DeNu is teaching.

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PHOTO: In addition to DeNu, Meg also has another handler, Jen Phillips, who makes sure Meg gets to visit different classrooms while DeNu teaches in the classroom during the day.
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Meg's work also includes interactions with special education students at the middle school. \"We have Meg visit certain classrooms, for those students to support them and work on their social skills and they're helping to support them emotionally, which is great as well,\" Goshen Middle School principal Wendy Flynn told \"GMA.\"

DeNu and Flynn both say the reception to Meg among Goshen students and staff has so far been overwhelmingly positive, and district staffers are planning to add a third facility dog at another local school in the near future.

\"It all begins with trying to take care of the whole child and make a great learning environment for kids,\" Darrell Edwards, the superintendent of Goshen Local School District, said. \"We know that a lot of kids in today's world, they need a little extra support and a little extra care to remove any barriers to their academic learning, and Meg helps our whole team of staff do that.\"

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