Alton Elementary School Principal JoAnne Curvey is "Redbird Through and Through" as She Prepares to Retire

Alton Elementary School Principal JoAnne Curvey is "Redbird Through and Through" as She Prepares to Retire

ALTON - JoAnne Curvey is “a Redbird through and through.”Curvey, who currently serves as the principal of Gilson Brown Elementary School, jokes that she started in the Alton Community Unit School District #11 as a kindergartener in 1971. A few decades later, Curvey is preparing to retire and can’t wait to celebrate her 38 years in education.“Teaching is the best job ever, and it's such an important job,” she said. “Everything comes from what we …