Teacher Profile Series: New LRHS English teacher Zachary Swanger

Zachary Swanger knows a little something about the first day of school. He attended school here in the area. Directly after graduating high school, he attended college. This September will be the first time he has not attended school since his childhood, but his first-day streak will continue. Only now, his first day of school will be as a teacher.

"I can't wait," Swanger said. "It's a nervous excitement."

Swanger is a new English teacher at Lind-Ritzville High School. This school year will be his first as a full-time permanent teacher.

Swanger graduated from Eastern Washington University in D...