Byron Kilbourn Elementary on Milwaukee's north side has a special something that keeps teachers there for their entire teaching careers.
Eleven teachers have a combined three hundred years of teaching at Kilbourn alone. Sharon Redel has been teaching 3K,4K, and 5K in the district for 37 years.
She says all these years later, it's still really fun to come to work. She says it's still so fun for her that it doesn't feel like work.
Watch: 37 Years Teaching Kindergarten in the same school districtwide:
"I love what I do, I love the kids and interacting with the parents," Redel added. Over the years Redel worked outside of the classroom fighting for policy changes for students.
She says retirement is in her near future but for now, she's ready to embark on her thirty-eighth year in the classroom at Kilbourn Elementary School.
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