Shirlee Bowden has been on the WGES staff since the school
opened. She has previously taught at Grassland Elementary and in
California. She has taught all of the elementary grades except
for third grade. She has been teaching for 39
years and continues to love it! She has been married for
35 years. She is proud to claim “Mr. Cookie” at Publix as her
husband. She has two children, Brynne who is twenty-eight and
Zack who is twenty-four.