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Retired Baxter Springs teacher selected for state hall of fame Lincoln Principal Steve Taylor said Cook is deserving of inclusion in the Kansas Teachers’ Hall of Fame. “Oh, wow,” Taylor said. “She was great.” Taylor said Cook never stopped learning. “She went to great lengths to learn about her profession,” he said. “She was always current on the latest research. I would put kids with reading problems in her classroom, and she would step up and meet the challenge.” Taylor said it is crucial to create an educational foundation in children at a young age. “If you don’t get first grade nailed down, you just don’t get that back,” Taylor said. “I have to have my strongest people down here at the primary level.” Cook said she tried many techniques in the classroom. “I taught long enough that I saw a lot of trends come and go,” she said. “After a while, you see what works and what doesn’t. After about 40 years, I had a pretty good technique.” She said she could never predict what would happen from one day to the next. “It was something different every day,” she said. Since retiring, she and her husband have been traveling. She said they want to visit all 50 states, but she is especially eager to get to Hawaii. “I’ve been scrapbooking all the trips,” she said. Even in retirement, she said her mind is still attuned to school bells. “You hear that school bell, and it kind of gets to you,” she said. 
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