I worked for the Department of Labor for a program that is known as the Job Corps program. I was in management there. My last position was in Pennsylvania, and the weather was so bad that year I thought, “It’s time to go.” So my brother lived here and said, “Come to Virginia Beach. Winters are nice.”
I started working here at Woodstock in August 2002 and actually came in with the new building in November of 2002. It is a very special place. It’s really easy to share with people when you believe in what you do and you believe in the staff. Greeting the students, greeting the parents and, over the course of the years, just seeing how they get to fifth grade and then sixth grade. We have a large group of students who come back to Woodstock to volunteer over the summer and I really encourage that because it makes us who were are. It’s the strength of the school – the students. I’ve enjoyed working with the little ones and the staff here at Woodstock. What I really enjoy is the students and just how over time they’ve matured, how they’ve grown and graduated and come back. That’s what’s really special to my heart because those are the kinds of relationships and friendships that last for a lifetime. I enjoy that a lot. Once a woodchuck, always a woodchuck.
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