Debra Harrison retires from MHS

After 17 years of teaching English to youths in 11th and 12th grade, Debra Harrison retires from Moorcroft Secondary School.

Harrison began her career in an entirely different field.

"When I initially got my degree, it was a nonteaching English degree and I worked for the State of South Dakota doing grants through the highway safety office, a facilitator for grants and safety," she says.

With the change of administration and the reorganization of the agency, she found her position, along with the rest of the staff, cut.

This, though, did not stop the young Harrison from moving forward.

"I had...