Reception planned for retirement of Bivins & Wilcox

Several long-time faculty members of Haxtun Schools plan to retire at the end of the year. Michele Bivins and Laurie Wilcox both leave the District with a combined 53 years of service to the Haxtun School District.

Michele Bivins taught for 31 consecutive years as the Haxtun sixth through eighth grade math teacher. Throughout the years, she has also coached high school and middle school basketball and junior high volleyball as the head and assistant coach. She also served as the National Junior Honor Society Sponsor for over 20 years.

Bivins said that her favorite part of teaching has been wat...