The Birth & Growth of a School 1971 - 1991: Betty's Retirement

After 15 years of teaching, Betty took a sabbatical, extended it for another year and then decided it was time to step back. Christina Williams replaced her in 1986 as the new kindergarten teacher. Said Betty, "It's a comfort to know that the kindergarten is in such capable and loving hands."

For the next two years as kindergarten consultant, she travelled in the United States and Canada visiting Waldorf schools. "Now," she says, living next door to the school, "I find great pleasure in attending assemblies and in seeing my grandchildren and others joyfully running and playing on the school grounds. What the teachers do every day is a constant source of amazement to me - their inspiration, creativity and dedication. It goes without saying that the Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School will always be close to my heart."

(Pictured above) Betty with her grandchildren who were students at the school.

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