Educator exits retirement to become CMS director

URBANA – Dianne Shepard doesn't much like sitting.

For 19 years, she liked teaching social studies and English to middle-schoolers in Mattoon.

For more years, she liked being a dean at Champaign Central High School, working one-to-one with students and their families.

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