Clay Central/Everly's Lori Larson has been teaching in the district for 29 years. Her career in education started at Trinity Preschool in Spencer before teaching Head Start in Royal and having her own Town and Country preschool for a few years. She started in the middle school at CC/E for five years and later transitioned to elementary.

Larson was asked to apply at the middle school by the principal, who thought she would be a good fit.

"At the time I was teaching and running my own preschool out of Bethlehem Lutheran Church. My mother was my associate," Larson recalled.

Larson loves her caree...