By Cassie Kim
Name: Sandy Cotton.
Years in education: 30.
Schools you have worked at: Westmont & six months at Branham.
How many years at Westmont: 29 1/2.
How will you spend your retirement: Grandkids and making a new home in El Dorado Hills.
Favorite Westmont memory: Too many to count. Dressing with office coworkers for Halloween is always fun!
What will you miss about Westmont: My amazing friends and working with great kids.
What did students teach you? That every fall is a new beginning. Everyone changes and grows.
Favorite part of your job: Helping students and parents to maneuver things like enrollment or class needs.
Most memorable experience at Westmont: Over these 30 years I have had the pleasure to work with the most amazing friends and coworkers. So many great relationships. I had students years ago whose kids are at Westmont now!!
Do you have any advice for Westmont students? Be patient, kind and realize that all the staff at Westmont want only the best for you!