Diane Potter:  

I graduated from Burnsville in 1978. The next fall I began my undergraduate degree at Eau Claire, WI. In 1982 I graduated with a degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Library Science. I was lucky in that I was offered a teaching position in Door County, WI the fall after I graduated. I moved to Sturgeon Bay. My dad was out and about at my apartment in SB and met my upstairs neighbor. He was a teacher at Southern Door, too. My Dad introduced us. My car broke down on the second day of school. Tony Kiszonas, the upstairs guy my dad introduced me to, was my only way to get to school for the next few days. I was engaged to my college boyfriend who moved to Texas after college. Tony and I began a friendship riding back and forth to school, going to the school's football games, making dinner for each other, etc. This led to love, so I ended my engagement. In March of 1983 Tony proposed to me. We got married on August 12, 1983 at the Methodist Church in Burnsville. Three years later our daughter, Alecia, was born (1986). Tony and I earned our Master's Degrees from St. Mary's University. I taught 7-8th grade Language Arts/Social Studies, 2nd grade, and 6th grade. After earning my Master of Arts in Education with a focus in Literature, I moved to the position of the K-12 Library Media Specialist. I was an advisor for over 50 teachers earning their Masters Degree, a 1 credit introductory class for the masters progr...Expand for more