Ron has been an educator for about 22 years, and has been at Barnet school for more than 13 years. He decided to work for Barnet school because he liked the school and because he wanted to teach middle school. He decided to be a Language Arts teacher because he helped at speech clinics in college. Ron teaches Language Arts to 7th and 8th grade. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 15, 1952. He went to college at Port Silam. He enjoys the outdoors; he also enjoys hiking, camping, canoeing, kayaking, and golf. If he could switch careers he would become a park ranger. He is proud having coached basketball for twenty years. He was in constructing business. He likes Glacier National Park. He has a wife, two daughters and a chocolate lab.