As he leaves the nest at West Noble, Baker is reflecting on what he will miss most.
âThe students,â he said. âWe have a great bunch of kids. I never say âIâm going to work.â I always say, âIâm going to school. Itâs the relationships with the kids.â
Baker didnât take the direct route into education and it took him a while to figure out what his lifeâs work would be. He entered the U.S. Marine Corps right out of high school, serving four years before his discharge.
After that, he worked at various construction jobs, RV factories and other jobs to try to figure out what he wanted to do. That all changed suddenly at a workplace in Millersburg.
LIGONIER â Parents with students in West Nobleâs dual language program voiced their displeasure with the administrationâs decision to cancel the program for next year. A group of 15-20 parents and other adults attended Mondayâs school board meeting to plead for the programâs reinstatement.
A letter was sent home to parents April 19, which explained the districtâs decision to cancel the program because of the lack of staff.
Parent Justin Blotkamp said the dual language program is âeducation at its finestâ and that he was disappointed the program was going away. He said the program is important in a community as diverse as Ligonier and can help students facing language challenges as they move to the high school. Blotkamp said his wife was a teacher at the high school.
ANGOLA â Members of the Northeast Indiana School Insurance Trust now have access to Activate Health and Wellness Center, 3270 Intertech Drive, for health and wellness support at no cost to its members, spouses, dependents and retirees enrolled in the health plan.
Activate Healthcare, which will soon be rebranded as Everside Health, opened the new clinic in Angola as one of three in the Northeast Indiana area, with the other two being in LaGrange and Butler.
Tuesday, an open house and ribbon cutting took place in Angola to celebrate the new clinic and to let people get a peek at the new facility which is located in the same building as Angola Physical Therapy.
LAGRANGE — The Lakeland School Corporation joined forces with its teachers’ association to denounce several bills now under consideration by state legislators in Indianapolis that will affect public school funding.