Retiring staff members reflect on time at Lafayette, share plans for future

Math teacher Sharon Luedloff is another teacher planning to retire this year. As all her children finished graduating from college, Luedloff, who has been in teaching for 38 years, plans to move on to a different stage of life. “I loved teaching, but getting to see my kids and having some extra time to travel and do the things I’ve wanted to do are some of the motivators [to retire],” Luedlof...

After working at Lafayette for 17 years, gifted education counselor Paige Hartley will be retiring at the end of the year. Hartley had the intention to work a couple more years as a gifted teacher, but she decided that she wants to retire early to take care of her new grandchild. “I had a new grandbaby this year. I am retiring so that I can be with her full-time,” Hartley said. Other than...

At the end of the year, Assistant Principal Kirti Mehrotra will be retiring after working at Lafayette for 25 years. Mehrotra will not be graduating her Class of 2024 students next year, instead, Assistant Principal Timothy Jones will be taking the final step for her and graduating her students next year. “It makes me sad that I will not be graduating this class. But I think the timing, the way...

Although he loves educating students on a topic he believes is extremely significant, health teacher David Witter is retiring from Lafayette. “There comes a time when financially where it almost makes more sense to be out than in because you can make as much in retirement as you would in regular salary,” Witter said. For Witter, retiring after this school year just makes sense, because Witter’s...