Exactly one year of Jessica Benavides’ career was spent out of the Lansing area.
“I applied to Lansing my very first year out of college, because I had subbed in Lansing during my internship and different things,” she said. “And then I hadn’t heard back, so I applied to other school districts because, of course, I was young and needed a job.”
She got a call back from Lakewood Public Schools and accepted a job teaching middle school science — just a week before the Lansing School District called her back. She finished the year in Lakewood, but when the next year started, she was at Wexford Montessori Academy in Lansing…