Leominster educator: ‘My dad was my hero’

Leominster educator: ‘My dad was my hero’

LEOMINSTER — Kate Himmer is carrying on her father’s legacy with an upcoming fundraiser that will help bring middle school students to Washington, D.C. — the same thing her dad did for many years. Her father, Bill Macdonald, was a well-known and respected educator and administrator for Leominster Public Schools for over 35 years. When he was a history teacher at the former May A. Gallagher Junior High School, Macdonald and fellow teacher and adm…