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The Meadows School founding kindergarten teacher retires after 34 years at the school

Linda Verbon, founder of the The Meadows School’s kindergarten program and the first faculty member hired at the school, retired in the spring after 34 years at The Meadows. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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