For the past two years there has been “At least 300,000 public school teachers and other staff left the field between February 2020 and May 2022,” reported by The Wall Street Journal. During a typical school year 8 percent of teachers leave or retire from the profession. There are only so many substitute teachers in the US and that number is 818,029 or a little over that number.

Bowling Green Junior High School has many new teachers. One new teacher is Jenna Calvert, 6th grade teacher at BGJHS and has been teaching for two years in 7th grade. For her third year she joined BGJHS staff. Calvet came from Moss Middle School. The reason why Calvert came to BGJHS is the community feeling of once a Purple always a Purple.

Another new teacher is Penny Cline who has been a teacher for over 18 years in Barren County School. Cline always wanted to teach at Bowling Green Junior High School and when she saw the opportunity she took it. The reason why Cline chose a teaching career is because of her children and wanting to be a part of their activities and being on the same school schedule. This allows her to attend her children’s school events and sports. She is now more than happy to be a part of BGJHS.

Teacher Sherry Kewon is also new to Bowling Green Junior High School. Kewon came from Memorial Elementary in Hart County teaching 6th,7th, and 8th grades. Kewon first started teaching in 2005 and has been ever since. The reason why Kewon came to BGJH is to be closer to home and to enjoy more of Bowling Green. Kewon has always loved learning and wanting to help others learn. This drove Kewon to be a teacher. She used to want to be a computer teacher but changed to an English teacher.