Thelma Thomason, a kindergarten teacher at Vandergriff Elementary School, teaches reading skills Friday, May 26, 2023, with members of her class in her classroom at the school. Thomason is retiring after teaching in the district since the 1961-62 school year. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery.
(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)
FAYETTEVILLE -- A lot has changed over the past six decades. Through it all, Thelma Thomason has worked for the Fayetteville School District.
She has taught more than 1,500 children during her 61-year career -- the longest anyone's ever been employed with the district, according to Alan Wilbourn, a district spokesman.
