The Plymouth Community School Board will conduct its monthly meeting this evening at 7 p.m. in the administration building behind Plymouth High School. The meeting is open to the public and there is an opportunity for the public to ask questions and make comments on agenda items. The school board will consider the retirement of
Pictured above: Purdue nursing siblings Branton, Victoria and Brayson Leazenby. Photo provided.
In Indiana and the United States, there is a tremendous need for highly skilled nurses. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts the U.S. workforce of registered nurses will need to grow 7% in the next decade, yet enrollment in nursing programs is not growing fast enough to meet the projected demand. By 2030, Indiana alone will need 75,300 registered nurses. Three siblings, all Boilermakers, are doing their part to answer the call.
A servant’s heart … times three
Siblings Branton, Victoria and Brayson Leazenby share the same education goal: to pursue a bachelor’s degree in nursing at Purdue University. Branton graduated in 2019 and is now at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, working as a registered nurse in the cardiovascular critical care unit. Victoria is a senior, graduating in May 2021, and Brayson is a sophomore, graduating in 2023.