Kate Lyons, the government teacher at Clayton High School, talks to the Globe.
Kate Lyons
Q: How long have you been teaching?
A: This is my tenth year teaching. I taught at Lindbergh High School for the first nine years. Lindberg was going through a lot of contract disputes between the teachers and the administration. That extra stress took away from the classroom, so I wanted to move to a place more focused on kids and valuing teachers.
Q: What is your impression of Clayton?
A: Everyone seems to be all about the students and all about the kids and doing what’s best for them. Everyone is super friendly, and [will] go out of their way to be helpful. That has been great.
Q: Do you have a favorite teaching story?
A: I teach government. Last year was a pretty big year in terms of social action and social justice. At Lindbergh we had a pretty decent walkout for the National School Walkout. That was a interesting experience, to see all of the students and staff get together and rally around the same cause. Lindbergh is quite a bit bigger than Clayton. Their incoming freshman class is over 600 kids.
Q: What is your favorite TV show?
A: I love Parks and Recreation. I also have watched Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix. Currently I’m watching Staircase. It’s a murder-mystery documentary.