"Those of us in the classroom of this new millineum prepare children for many moves and job changes in one's lifetime. All of our lives are changing," says Christy R. McNally, who currently teaches a contained first grade classroom at McKinley Elementary School in Joplin, Missouri. Selected by the Kansas Board of Education in 1995 as Kansas Teacher of the Year, Mrs. McNally lives just three miles from the Missouri border. She has chosen to share her talents in a Missouri school of poverty where dedicated professional and administration dedicate their lives to helping at-risk children learn.
