by Sage Riddick
Staff Writer

How would you feel seeing your parent(s) at the school everyday? Would it be weird for you or would it be cool?

For the Cohan family there is mixed emotions, but mostly they are good emotions. According to Beth Cohan, a teacher’s assistant at Westford Academy, there is nothing negative about having her daughter, Kasey Cohan, here at the school.

Mrs. Cohan likes having Kasey at the school. She gets to know all her assignments and keep in touch with her teachers. An added bonus for Mrs. Cohan being a TA is she is a TA in the biology class after Kasey’s. Due to this Mrs. Cohan knows about Kasey’s biology homework and assignments. Mrs. Cohan can also talk to the teacher about Kasey and she likes to keep in touch with Kasey’s teachers.

Kasey thinks this is an advantage to her.

Kasey says, “It’s good sometimes when she can help me study cause she knows what I need to know.”

One thing Kasey does not like about her mom being a TA in the biology class after her’s is that Mrs. Cohan reminds Kasey of assignments all the time. “It’s annoying,” Kasey says.

Mrs. Cohan and her daughter Kasey Cohan

It is different for Kasey. When asked about anything negative there is having her mother at the school she answered, “It’s kind of weird because she knows all my homework and she sees all my friends.”

Mrs. Cohan says she says “hi” to Kasey’s friends. Both Mrs. Cohan and Kasey are good about saying “hi” to each other in the hallways.

Kasey also thinks it is weird to see that all the teachers know her mom. Some of the kids in school also know her too. On the way to the interview Kasey stops in a classroom and Mr. Gosselin, an English teacher at WA, talks about how he knows her mom. One thing Kasey does like about her mom being at the school is she does get a ride to school. Kasey does not have to take the bus like other students in the school. Another advantage of having Mrs. Cohan at the school is if Kasey forgets her lunch money she can always go to her mom and ask for it.

“It’s nice that she is here,” says Mrs. Cohan.

Unlike the Cournoyer’s both Cohan’s seem to be alright with the idea of the both of them being at the school.