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Seabreeze teacher, Outback Steakhouse reward geometry students with giftcards for steak dinners

Forrest Read, a managing partner of the Outback Steakhouse in Ormond Beach, agreed to match the teacher's gift and also donated additional gift cards.

By Observer Staff
| 10:00 a.m. May 26, 2023

Seabreeze High School teacher John Ariani and Outback Steakhouse local proprietor Forrest Read. Courtesy photo

Ormond Beach Observer
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Seabreeze High School math teacher John Ariani made a promise to all of his geometry students this school year: Pass the end-of-course geometry exam, and he'd give them a gift certificate for a steak.

He fulfilled his end of the bargain and purchased 10 gift certificates for Outback Steakhouse in Ormond Beach, each worth $100, according to an email to the Observer. He also spoke with Forrest Read, proprietor of the local Outback franchise, who agreed to match Ariani's gift.

"Mr. Forrest Read was enthusiastically generous and donated more than what I purchased," Ariani said in the email.

In addition to matching Ariani's gift certificates, Read donated 10 Mother's Day gift cards. Ariani also gave each the students who passed the exam $20.