Kim Wilder, a third grade teacher at Gene Witt Elementary School in East County, has been with the school since it opened in 1994.
She has seen the school change and grow over the years as she made countless memories with her students. So she admits watching the campus change, such as losing its amphitheater, to make room for a new eight-classroom addition was
Cheryl Bulfin, a third grade teacher, uses her new Promethean board to guide her students through a lesson.
difficult.
“To be honest, at first, it was a little heartbreaking to see the trees being taken out,” Wilder said. “There’s so many memories that it was hard to watch it be destroyed. But now that our new building is here, and you can see how everything is becoming new, we knew we needed some updating and cleaning.”