Most people who live in Goessel and those who have attended the Goessel Unified School District 411 in the last 24 years know who John Fast is. The soft-spoken man who clearly loves all things education as well as the town of Goessel, has spent most of his career teaching and being an administrator in the small town. Fast worked in education for 38 years. He started his career teaching fourth-grade science in Wichita and taught there for two years. Fast then went to Halstead for 12 years teaching elementary and middle school science and working as a curriculum director. In the fall of 1996, Fast made the move to Goessel where he started as the elementary principal. He added the role of superintendent in the fall of 2004. Fast speaks fondly of his 24 years working at Goessel.
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