Ag teacher retires after 36 years
Ag teacher retires after 36 years
Freshmen Annika Hobbs and Elka Billings converse as Charles Kerr sorts fruit for a fundraiser done earlier this year.
Macayla Bycroft
Macayla Bycroft
Freshmen Annika Hobbs and Elka Billings converse as Charles Kerr sorts fruit for a fundraiser done earlier this year.
March 28, 2017
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Current Iola High School agriculture teacher, Charles Kerr, has decided to retire following the 2016-2017 school year. Kerr has been a staff member at Iola High School for 36 years.
“I just want the kids to be as successful as they can be. I have never wanted to teach anything but Ag. I’ve never thought of teaching anything else,” says Kerr.
He will be leaving behind Future Farmers of America (FFA) and a variety of Ag related classes. The school has hired Amanda Strickler to start the 2017-2018 school year.
Kerr attended Parker Rural High School in 1968 in Parker, Kansas. He received his Master’s degree after going to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in 1970 and Kansas State University in 1972. Other degrees under Kerr’s belt include an Associate’s in Science, a Bachelor’s in Science in Agricultural Education, and a Master’s in Science of Agricultural Education.
Kerr says, “My wife wants to travel some so I will probably go along with, and I hope to see my grandkids more. I know I will miss teaching for awhile, but I am sure it will be different.”
I was in Mr. Kerr First Class he had when he came to Iola, congratulations on your up coming retirement
Good Luck in the future Mr. Kerr! We always enjoyed coming up to the dairy competition. Tina, from the Coffeyville FFA chapter 1998