Time to say goodbye – Centracchio, King leaving high school math department

Most people find math tiring, while others retire from it. Two Warren County High School math teachers will be saying goodbye to the school, but not to their love for teaching. Bob Centracchio and Linda King will be taking their leave from 7:45 a.m. school bells, classrooms, and halls packed with students when they retire at the end of this school year.

?I love the kids,? said Centracchio, who is retiring after 20 years of teaching algebra II. ?Nothing will change my love for the kids. It?s just time for me to retire. I think I might work part-time somewhere.?

To start his retirement off right, he plans to take another honeymoon with his wife to Boston and Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

His fellow math teacher will also miss the classroom, but says it?s time to move on.

?I just want to do new things,? said King, who is retiring after 30 years teaching calculus and pre-calculus. ?I?ll miss the school, students and my fellow teachers.?

Her retirement will begin with a trip to the Bahamas with her daughter Jennifer Barnes, and her grandson, Dylan.

?I think I?ll enjoy it,? said Dylan, who thinks his grandmother is great but he does confess she might have a problem. ?I hope she doesn?t talk about calculus. She tells teaching stories all the time. She can?t stop.?