Southern Regional High School teacher Steve Derion made a bold statement about John Kaszuba during the public comment portion of the board of education meeting on Nov. 16, one with which many likely would agree.
“I would dare say, during his last 10 years here, that not even Mr. (Craig) Henry spent as much time on campus as John did,” Derion said, to which the superintendent sitting on the other side of the room nodded. “In many ways, he was the heartbeat of the Southern family.”
Three days later, on Saturday, Nov. 19, the Southern family poured into the high school’s main gymnasium – just one of…
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