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The Monday after Olivia Neubauer turns 100 next month, she’ll do what she’s done every school day since 1935 – teach, ABC 7 Chicago reports. Neubauer teaches reading to kindergarten and pre-k students at Ashburn Lutheran School, where she’s worked since it opened in 1963, after 16 years of teaching elsewhere, CBS Chicago reports. Neubauer began her career at Pullman Tech High School. After she passes this milestone on March 11, Neubauer says she has no intention of stopping.
“My son keeps saying, ‘Mom, when are you going to quit?” she told ABC Chicago. “I say the Lord will tell me when to quit.”

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