PHOTO: Janet Wood (center) is congratulated by teachers and staff at the Mountain Home Kindergarten as they recently celebrated her birthday and retirement.
Teacher, coach, principal and athletic director, Janet Wood wore each of those hats during her 40 years in the Mountain Home Public School District.
After a total of 42 years in education, the past four spent as principal at Mountain Home Kindergarten, Wood says the time is right for her to step away from education to spend time traveling with her husband, Lou, and enjoying the grand kids.
Wood grew up in Melbourne, winning Class B and overall state basketball titles in 1973, played four years of college basketball at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, and earned a Master’s degree in physical education in 1979.