Mr. Kramer, teacher of U.S History at OFHS for 9 years, is moving out of Florida, making this his last year at Osceola. Some have questions about this announcement; first of all, where, and second of all, why?

“Chattanooga, Tennessee. My wife got an amazing job opportunity there. She’s a lawyer,” said Mr. Kramer. As for what he’ll be doing in Chattanooga, Mr. Kramer assures he’ll get a teaching job there. “At some point, yes, though I don’t know when,” he said.

Mr. Kramer has had quite a history teaching, in other schools and here at Osceola. “Nine of my 15 years in the classroom have been here at Osceola,” he said. Through all this time, he has had one particularly fond memory, and it has to do with his other duty here at Osceola as the track and field coach.

“When Christina Tournant broke the record for the 300m hurdles,” he said. “It was a three month process working on it.”

Mr. Kramer has been a part of Osceola for quite a long time; in fact, he arrived before Osceola went fully fundamental.

He’ll have to adjust to his new environment in Chattanooga. So, here are five similarities and five differences between Tennessee and Florida.
DIFFERENCES

1) Florida has 7 letters, while Tennessee has 9.
2) Tennessee has numerous mountains, while Florida is known for being relatively flat.
3) Florida has three professional football teams and two professional baseball teams. Tennessee has only one professional football team and no professional baseball teams.
4) The state flag of Tennessee has red and blue colors, while Florida’s state flag has red and white colors.
5) Tennessee’s state amphibian is the Tennessee Cave Salamander. Florida doesn’t have a state Amphibian, but the treefrog has been proposed as a candidate numerous times.

SIMILARITIES

1) Both Florida and Tennessee fought on the side of the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
2) Both Tennessee’s and Florida’s state animal is the Mockingbird.
3) Both the Governor of Tennessee, Bill Haslam, and the governor of Florida, Rick Scott, are members of the Republican Party.
4) President Barack Obama has visited both Tennessee and Florida.
5) None were a member of the original 13 States.