Taft Elementary dedicates bench to teacher killed in crash

Staff members at William H. Taft Elementary School say Karen Thompson didn’t go a single day without thinking about her students. “We were talking about the plans that we had for the following day. Even in her few last moments, (Karen) Thompson was thinking about her students,” said Thompson’s co-worker Karen Lewis. Students and staff gathered Tuesday to remember the Taft Elementary teacher. They dedicated a bench in her memory.