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Veteran educator says farewell to Grayslake District 46

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M. Lynn Barkley was a kindergarten instructor at Avon Center School in Round Lake Beach in 2005 when she won the Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year Award. Barkley, who became Avon's principal and handled other top administrative duties in her long tenure for Grayslake Elementary District 46, is leaving for another job.

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M. Lynn Barkley bid farewell this week to Grayslake Elementary District 46, where the educator donned several hats in her long career there. In her emotional goodbye at Wednesday's school board meeting, Barkley announced she's leaving after 17 years to become human resources director for Hawthorn Elementary District 73 in Vernon Hills.