School's out, but no break for this retiree
By Amy F. Reiter
Friday June 6, 2008
John Dixon
Mackenzie Billhymer gives retiring teacher Cheryl Milewski a hug after giving her a present on the last day of school Thursday in Milewski's first-grade class at Prairie Elementary in Urbana.
URBANA – According to first-grader Gabriela Ramirez, retirement means "taking a break."
Well, Cheryl Milewski may not fit that definition.
After 34 years of teaching at Prairie Elementary School in Urbana, the student's teacher is leaving her classroom, but she's got plenty of plans for her next step: fishing trips with her family, recording secretary work at her church, curling up with some good books and maybe even helping out at her old school – the days will be packed.
But first, the last day.
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