CRAB ORCHARD, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Former Ridgeview Elementary art teacher Kimberly Sexton has transformed personal challenges into a creative opportunity for her students by publishing a children’s book inspired by her own experiences as a mother and educator.

Sexton’s book, Asher the Disaster, was born out of the lively tales she shared with her students about her son’s messy adventures.

“When I returned to work after maternity leave, my students would ask what my son was up to,” Sexton said. “Soon, my students helped me find laughter in his disasters and I turned the stories into a children’s book called, “Asher the Disaster.””

Sexton’s position as art teacher at Ridgeview Elementary was recently cut by the Raleigh County Board of Education due to declining student enrollment.

Despite a

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