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Schools’ Welcome Center coordinator has varied past
By Harold Reutter
The Grand Island Independent
Posted Jul 06, 2008 @ 11:27 PM
GRAND ISLAND —
At first glance, Joanne Garrison seems like a typical Midwestern native.
Born and raised in East Lansing, Mich. … graduated from James Madison
College of Michigan State University … worked briefly for an insurance
company before going to work for a nonprofit foundation … eventually
got her teaching degree and began a career in education.
That career now has her working as the coordinator for the Grand Island
public schools' Welcome Center, where her primary duties are assessing
the English-speaking skills of immigrant students to ensure they are
placed in the proper class setting.
But Garrison's life has details that are much more interesting than that standard biography.
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