LISTEN | Full interview with Guinness record-holder Glenda Akin: As It Happens 6:40 Teacher wins Guinness World Record for working 61 years at the same schoolRetired Tennessee teacher Glenda Akin has lived and worked through a whole lot of history. Akin, 84, has been certified by Guinness World Records as the longest serving female teacher at the same school . “I think they would do well to put them away when they're at school,” Akin said. Akin, centre, poses with her new Guinness World Record and two of her former students, including Westmoreland High School Principal Rick Duffer, left, and school administrator Amber Regan, right. (Westmoreland High School/Facebook)She also served as a librarian at a time when school literature became an extremely politicized issue.

Source: CBC News January 01, 2026 13:58 UTC