A position opened up after photography teacher Tammy Kaley left Roseville High School last Tuesday. Varsity softball coach Art Banks temporarily filled the position as interim photography teacher.

“I know they opened up the class for hiring a new permanent teacher, or temporary for right now, for the first couple years until they get through probation.” Banks said. “If I’m here for fifteen days like they have me scheduled right now, there’s only so much you can do in that amount of time.”

Kaley expressed no worries about handing the torch over to a temporary teacher before she left.

“Yeah, he used to teach photography here,” Kaley said. “He was a teacher for years. There’s no reason to worry about that.”

“I’ve taught photography for a long time,” Banks said. “I actually started my teaching career here. Taught here for seventeen years, and then when Woodcreek opened, I went over to Woodcreek and taught over there for eighteen years.”

Senior Bianca Lara experienced the transition as both Banks’s softball player and photography student.

“I walked in and we just said ‘hi’ to each other so that was cool,” Lara said. “Our main question as a class was would he know anything about photography and he definitely did. He knew everything about the camera, he taught us how to use it, we got to go hands-on right away.”

“I think they’re enjoying it,” Banks said. “[They have] already taken the cameras out and taken pictures and done their first assignment in the first three days.”

Lara felt sad about Kaley leaving, hopeful for her own success in the class.

“We didn’t have her for that long but the last day when she told us that she was leaving – it was just sad because she was such a cool teacher,” Lara said. “I hope to learn more about how you make the picture look like something you can feel through what you print out after.”