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After 40 years, Manvel superintendent Richard Ray to retire

MANVEL, N.D.--When Richard Ray started teaching at Manvel Public School in 1974, gasoline was 55 cents per gallon, he said. A lot has changed since then, but he hasn't strayed far from the small grade school.

2521529+051216.n.gfh_.richardray 002.JPG — From left, Richard Ray, superintendent of Manvel Public school checks in on Wylee Nesdahl, Micheal Wanschaffe, and Adele Faul, along with the rest of Mrs. O'Neil's fourth-grade class Tuesday morning. Jesse Trelstad/ Grand Forks Herald

By Jennifer Johnson

May 12, 2016 at 5:00 AM

2521531+051216.n.gfh_.richardray 003.JPG — Manvel superintendent Richard Ray sits at his rescued librarian desk from the air base school in his office. Jesse Trelstad/ Grand Forks Herald

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