В штате Делавэр завершилась 53-летняя традиция: бывшая секретарша школы Мельда Ирвин ушла на пенсию

Melda Irwin, the former Wilmington Area School District secretary to the superintendent, left with former Wilmington High School English teacher Sally Nichols Hiers during a retirement get-together in 2022. Irwin and Hiers both graduated from Wilmington in 1981 and retired together. Irwin made the T-shirts worn during the retirement gathering. Contributed For 53 years in a row, Melda Irwin, second from left in front, participated in the first day of school in Wilmington Area School District. She is shown in the front row with her brother, Fred Lasher, daughter Karianne Irwin Peffer, granddaughter Roslyn Peffer and daughter-in-law Nicole Mace Irwin. In the back, from left, are her husband, Mark Irwin, son-in-law Tyler Peffer and son Zachary Irwin. Contributed Melda Irwin’s granddaughters include, from left, Maebel Peffer, 16 months, Roslyn Peffer, 4, and Emma Irwin, 4 months. A grandson is due in a few weeks. Contributed FeaturedTopical Back-to-school tradition over for Wilmington's Irwin By Gwen Albers | New Castle News Melda Irwin, the former Wilmington Area School District secretary to the superintendent, left with former Wilmington High School English teacher Sally Nichols Hiers during a retirement get-together in 2022. Irwin and Hiers both graduated from Wilmington in 1981 and retired together. Irwin made the T-shirts worn during the retirement gathering. Contributed For 53 years in a row, Melda Irwin, second from left in front, participated in the first day of school in Wilmington Area School District. She is shown in the front row with her brother, Fred Lasher, daughter Karianne Irwin Peffer, granddaughter Roslyn Peffer and daughter-in-law Nicole Mace Irwin. In the back, from left, are her husband, Mark Irwin, son-in-law Tyler Peffer and son Zachary Irwin. Contributed Melda Irwin’s granddaughters include, from left, Maebel Peffer, 16 months, Roslyn Peffer, 4, and Emma Irwin, 4 months. A grandson is due in a few weeks. For 53 years in a row, Melda Irwin participated in the first day of school. First, as a student in the Wilmington Area School District for 13 years, followed by 41 years as a secretary in the same district before retiring in July 2022. Twice, Irwin was nine months pregnant on that first day. She and her husband, Mark, had their daughter, Karianne, on Sept. 1, 1990, and three years later, their son Zachary was born on Sept. 2, both after the start of the school year.