A few minutes before leaving his office amid the Southern News Network studio to head to the auditorium on June 17, 2021, for the last staff appreciation ceremony he’d have to attend, John Kaszuba Sr. talked about some of the students he had taught while at Southern Regional High School and how proud he was of them.

“The most rewarding part of teaching here at Southern has been to see our kids go out into the field,” said Kaszuba, who two weeks later retired from the district after 10 years of…