Local principal retires after 50 years in education

Dr. Henning Olsen, a Cowboy and Native to Castle Dale, Retires After 50 Years of Teaching

In 1974, after graduating from Utah State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, Henning J. Olsen was hired by Ted Jensen, the business manager at the College of Eastern Utah. Olsen was jokingly referred to as an “apprentice accountant” and was assigned to accounts payable and check reconciliations. Olsen later filled a vacated instructor position, in the Spring of 1975, he was then issued his first official yea…

Local principal retires after 50 years in education

MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - After 50 years in education, Jill Arthur, the principal at Yarbrough Elementary, is retiring. Of her 50 years in education, she spent 46 at Midland ISD. Arthur started her career as an elementary teacher and worked her way into administration. She was asked to help open a new school, and decided on the name 'Barbara B. Yarbrough Elementary.' "When we were going to open this school, I was asked to give my feelings abo…