The legendary substitute teacher, Hector Cobb, is the most recent winner of the best substitute teacher award in the state of Oregon, and will be honored in a ceremony later this month.
Cobb has been a substitute teacher at Cleveland High School for the last 43 years, teaching multiple generations from GenX to Gen-Alpha. Cobb has also taught Cleveland staff, including Matt Sten, Mat Alvarado, and Matt Staab.
While he is beloved in many different PPS schools, Cobb says he prefers Cleveland because he “enjoys the people and has many friends here. The kids here at Cleveland are awesome,” he said…