For Daree Powell, a decision to find a job after her youngest child started first grade turned into a teaching career.
Now Powell is retiring after nearly two decades at King-Murphy Elementary School. She taught primarily first-graders, and she thinks she’s best at teaching emerging readers.
“I myself am not a good reader,” said Powell, 59. “I tell them that they may not love (reading), but they have to learn to read.”
Parents attribute their children’s literacy skills to Powell’s attention to reading.