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Custodian Returns as a Teacher

Lowell Outland was a custodian at Tates Creek High School for seven years, a high school dropout who dreamed of becoming a teacher.

The 59-year-old Air Force veteran made it happen. On Wednesday, the start of the school year for Fayette County Public Schools, Outland stepped to the front of his classroom as the new graphic arts and photography teacher at Tates Creek High School.

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