Mason teacher Bennett retiring after 25 years in education

Mason teacher Bennett retiring after 25 years in education

Jill Bennett mapped out her future at a young age.

“I’ve wanted to be a teacher since I was in third grade,” said Bennett, who retires this year following 25 years in education. “I’ve always liked working with kids.”

Bennett has taught the fourth grade at Mason Central Elementary in Erie for the past 11 years. She spent a decade teaching third grade before that and also had two years in special education at St. Pius X in Ohio.

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A graduate of Start High School in Toledo, Bennett earned her degree in elementary education and a master’s in special education from the University of Toledo.

Mason Central fourth grade teacher Jill Bennett will retire after 25 years of teaching.

A lot has changed over the past two and a half decades.

“There’s a lot more structure to it now,” Bennett said. “When I first started teaching, you just taught what you wanted to teach. And now we have certain goals we have to reach. That’s not a bad thing.”