When Lori Copley was 22 years old in 1983, she took a teaching job at Waterman Elementary School, thinking she would work there for 20 years and then retire.
But now, 41 years later, she’s still there — and is currently the longest-serving Harrisonburg City Public Schools teacher, still teaching at a school she once attended, and showing no signs of slowing down.
“I went to kindergarten and first grade here, and then we moved to Keister,” Copley said. “So, I’m a product of this school division.”