Kathie Bracy's Blog: Bob Buerkle's "twins": Same education, similar jobs but very different outcomes in retirement! Hint: One is STRS, the other, OPERS.

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Bob Buerkle's "twins": Same education, similar jobs but very different outcomes in retirement! Hint: One is STRS, the other, OPERS.

Bob Buerkle's speech to STRS board

April 17, 2025

: Name: Kathie Bracy; Location: Columbus, Ohio, United States

A graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the Baylor University School of Music, I am a professional symphony musician by background. I am also a retired elementary classroom teacher (nonmusic), having taught in the Alliance (OH) City Schools 2-1/2 years and the Columbus Public Schools 30 years. My first job was as harp instructor at The University of Texas; currently I am a Lecturer in Harp at The University of Mount Union. As a retired educator and a life member of a number of professional organizations, including the Ohio Retirement for Teachers Association and the Ohio Education Association-Retired, I also worked through CORE (Concerned Ohio Retired Educators, which officially disbanded 9/20/12) to help bring about badly needed reform in our teachers retirement system, STRS Ohio. My e-mail: kbb47@aol.com.

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Thursday, April 17, 2025

Bob Buerkle's "twins": Same education, similar jobs but very different outcomes in retirement! Hint: One is STRS, the other, OPERS.

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