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subhead goes here and here and here THREE OF THE LONGEST-TENURED TEACHERS AT LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL Story by SIMON PRUITT | Photography by SYLVIA ELZAFON
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ake Highlands isn’t what it used to be. Our
neighborhood has added new residents, restaurants and streets these past few years, all while addressing plenty of life-changing issues. Throughout it all, three teachers are among the educators who have remained constants in our evolving community — Casey Boland, Kari Gilberston and Tracey Bishkin. Each of the three have taught at Lake Highlands High School at least 16 years: Boland since 1998, Gilbertson since
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’09 and Bishkin since ’06. Their sense of excitement about the job of teaching the next generation of students is what kept the three women here in our neighborhood. So what’s their perspective on education today? “I’ve been in that same room since 1998,” says Boland, whose Room A106 in the L building has been a hub for thousands of students learning social studies. “For the first 10 years I was here, I could walk into any room, and I would know the people. I credit Dr. Iden for that.”
