I've only ever wanted to have contact with one teacher from my past. Mr. Crowell, from 4th and 5th grade, when I was in the Open Classroom with 6th graders, too. I moved away in the middle of 5th grade (from the suburbs of Chicago to a tiny town in Arkansas). I wrote him letters from Arkansas and he wrote me back and that was fun. The year I left he was Illinois Teacher of the Year, which was very cool (although, I think the Open Classroom concept was a mistake after I'd spent a year in it and I still think that--he was a pioneer in those days).

I've looked him up online but haven't found him. He was probably less than 30 at the time, but he was a very large man and I can't imagine his health was good.

Karen