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Five Lansing Teachers Tenured |
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 12 June 2009 |
 Five Lansing teachers were honored at a reception shortly before officially receiving tenure at Monday's Board Of Education meeting. Recipients were Nicole Ball , Heather Byrne, Wendy Brown, Julie Hempson, and Lindsay Woodward.
"It's very meaningful and it's very important," said Superintendent Stephen Grimm. "A former superintendent told me, 'You're marrying the teacher to the district.' It's really a lifetime commitment. We hope that is the case that these teachers stay with us for the rest of their teaching careers."
(Left to right) Superintendent Stephen Grimm, Wendy Brown, School Board President Anne Drake, School Board member Glenn Swanson, Julie Hempson, School Board member Glenn Cobb, Heather Byrne, Lindsay Woodward, School Board members David Dittman and Michael Cheatham
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 Nicole Ball
Hempson, a Homer native, also graduated from Ithaca College with a social studies and education degree, and teaches high school social studies. She is also working on her masters degree at Syracuse University. Woodward got her bachelors and masters degrees in English and English education from Truman State University in Missouri, and currently teaches high school English.
"We believe they are excellent now, and that they will continue to grow with us into superior teachers," Grimm said. "We look for expertise in the science of teaching, but also in the art of teaching that goes to that next level in the future."
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