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Bus driver completes route to teaching degree
Marion Drew of McLeansboro, after a decade driving a school bus, earned a bachelor’s degree in SIU Carbondale’s elementary education. He balanced work, family, and student teaching at Benton's Logan School while citing military and work experience as shaping his view of education. He credits timing and support from Ellen Messersmith as key to his pivot from driving to teaching.
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SIUC
McLeansboro
Marion Drew
Drew
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIU C
SIU
Benton
Logan School
Ellen Messersmith
U.S
Air Force