Meadows staff send off colleague with drive-by party
(World News USA)

Kim Newman`s colleagues considered her the face of Meadows Elementary School, so when it came time for her to retire after more than 25 years at the school, she said it felt somewhat bittersweet that she couldn`t celebrate like she`d hoped. “I’ve been at school for a long time, and I’ve seen people retire, and they always have a big party for them and everything,” Newman said. “Well, I wasn’t gonna be able to have that because of COVID.” Though she knew she`d be retiring back in January, she had no idea it`d be in the midst of a pandemic that would close the school to in-person classes, nor that she`d be unable to have the chance to say goodbye to many of the staff and...