The new school year is in full swing at Edgecomb Eddy School, and teacher Sarah Currier is teaching her first class there.

Currier is in charge of a class that combines second and third graders, with a total of 17 students.

Though Currier is new to that classroom, she’s not new to teaching, or the school. “This is a sort of first career coming back around a second time for me,” she said.

After graduating from the University of Maine in Orono with a certificate for K-3 education, she taught pre-K and kindergarten for a few years in private schools in Connecticut, where her parents were living. Then she had a change of heart and went into business, working in quality management for a health care organization and later for a telephone company.

When Currier and her husband, who she met at college, decided to come back to Maine, they moved into an apartment in Wiscasset before moving to Edgecomb, and she worked as a buyer for L.L. Bean for five years.

When the couple started a family, Currier was a stay-at-home mother, but eventually she started getting back into the teaching field. “I really wanted to go back to where I had started, so I started working as a substitute and a volunteer, and got into (educational technician work) in Edgecomb, Wiscasset and Dresden.”

Currier worked as an ed tech at Edgecomb Eddy for a couple years. During that time, she invited the Maine School Science Volunteers, a group of retired scientists and educators, to start coming to the school to conduct an after school science club.

“They come from all different backgrounds, so they come with varied topics, and the kids really connect with them,” Currier said. “They’re in pretty high demand, so I can only get them for one Monday a month.”

Last year, Currier felt that her kids were old enough for her to get back to teaching full time, and she was ready to make that leap. The opportunity presented itself for this school year, and Currier said she loves her job. “I’m glad this position opened up for me. My students are enthusiastic and get very excited about learning.”

Currier’s daughter is in the third grade at Edgecomb Eddy, and her son is in the eighth grade at Boothbay Region Elementary School.