Drive-by Goodbye: Elementary staff, students say farewell
Murray Park/Quest teachers, staff members and even the custodian weathered off and on rain Thursday, May 28 to wish students farewell and the students paid it back with smiles, signs and even a waving kitten. At Barlow Park/Journey, families lined up, often for blocks, to say goodbye to their students' teachers. With the end of the school year canceled due to the pandemic, school officials felt this was the best way for "students and teachers [to] see each other (from a safe distance) in person one more time before the official end of the school year," according to Jolene Meyer, PR specialist for the Ripon Area School District.
Ian Stepleton
Ian Stepleton is the editor of the Ripon Commonwealth Press, and been with the paper since September 2000. Starting with fall 2016, he also is an adjunct professor of journalism at Ripon College, and advisor to the college's newspaper, the College Days.
Jonathan Bailey
Jonathan Bailey has been covering sports and general news assignments for the Ripon Commonwealth Press since 2011. He is a former reporter for The Green Laker, a summer publication produced by the Ripon Commonwealth Press, and now is its editor.
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Throughout last week Thursday, rain fell from the skies.