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Megan McCormick is a paraeducator — a teacher’s assistant — at Lexington’s Millcreek Elementary. The Fayette County Public Schools employee is passionate about helping students and is pursuing a four-year college degree to further her career..
McCormick, 29, also has Down syndrome. It is a genetic disorder than can result in mild to moderate intellectual disabilities.
“We are very proud of Megan,” Millcreek principal Greg Ross said. “She does a phenomenal job. She does whatever we ask of her.”
McCormick, a 2013 graduate of Bluegrass Community and Technical College, started as a substitute paraeducator, but this school year, she has been hired to work both in a kindergarten classroom and as an assistant in the school’s front office, Ross said.