Drake made right the decision 29 years ago

Teaching career decision: ‘I was ready to work’

Back in the day, new Elbert County teacher Sandee Webb Drake poses for a photograph with one of her students, Kelli Suttles. Drake says she loved having 25 students in her classroom, since now that she’s a principal, she feels like she has a “class of 1,000.”
Back in the day, new Elbert County teacher Sandee Webb Drake poses for a photograph with one of her students, Kelli Suttles. Drake says she loved having 25 students in her classroom, since now that she’s a principal, she feels like she has a “class of 1,000.”

There was a time, just about 30 years ago, when Sandee Webb Drake actually considered another career path.

The 29-year education veteran was actually in pre-med in her senior year at the University of …