After working at CHS for 21 years, guidance counselor Julie Kraus will retire this June.
Kraus remembers being at CHS for Bruce Springsteen’s 40th birthday in 1989 as well as his 60th birthday last year, and remembers class photos in which her former coworkers have “big hair and bangs” and are wearing shoulder pads.

According to Kraus, retirement will provide her with more time to spend with family and friends, especially those who live far away.

“I plan to visit my daughter, Allison, in Miami and my son, David, in Baltimore more regularly,” Kraus said.

Kraus will also miss the relationships she has established as a guidance counselor.

“I am sad to leave the enthusiastic [and] adorable students and close friends among the staff,” Kraus said. “I will miss the special conversations with students.”

Most importantly though, Kraus will miss the people who make CHS what it is.

“Since the day I began as a CHS counselor, I have been enormously proud of the counseling department staff, the administrators, the deeply committed teachers and all of [the] amazing students destined for bright, fulfilling futures,” Kraus said.