Toby Meyer graduates from UMSL
Date: 5/13/2012 Album ID: 1469171
Photos by by J.B. Forbes
After spending ten years as a custodian at the same elementary school he attended as a child, Toby Meyer graduated from the University of Missouri St. Louis Sunday, May 13, 2012, with a bachelor's degree in education. Meyer hopes to teach in the same school district where he attended and worked.
Custodian Toby Meyer wipes down the lunchroom tables Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at Rose Acres Elementary School after the lunch sessions ended. Meyer has been the custodian there for the past ten years.

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Custodian Toby Meyer answers a call from the front office at Rose Acres Elementary School Wednesday, May 9, 2012, concerning a problem in the second floor boys' bathroom.

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Custodian Toby Meyer tries to sneak bread away from fourth grader Amelia Khan Wednesday, May 9, 2012, while telling the other students at the lunch table that they need to bring the noise level down.

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Custodian Toby Meyer jokes with third grade student Jack Gietl Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at the end of the lunch period at Rose Acres Elementary School in Maryland Heights.

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Custodian Toby Meyer asks students to bring the noise level down to a two Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at Rose Acres Elementary School in Mayland Heights. Paying attention to Meyer, is student Wes Spitzmiller (right).

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Toby Meyer gives a high-five to his best friend at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, Stacey McNeal Sunday afternoon, 5/13/12, as they prepare to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Education at UMSL.

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Mel Meyer hugs his son, Toby Meyer, Sunday afternoon, May 13, 2012, after Toby graduated from UMSL.

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Toby Meyer struts toward the auditorium at the Mark Twain building Sunday afternoon, May 13, 2012, as he prepared to graduate from UMSL.

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Toby Meyer waits for the graduation ceremony to begin Sunday afternoon, May 13, 2012, at UMSL.

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Toby Meyer has his official portrait taken Sunday afternoon, May 13, 2012, after he crossed the stage and received his diploma at UMSL.

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A proud Toby Meyer has a photo taken with his dad, Mel Meyer, and his mom, Karen Meyer, Sunday afternoon, May 13, 2012, after he graduated from the University of Missouri St. Louis with a Bachelor of Science in Education. Taking the photo is his step-mother, Jeanie Meyer.

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Toby Meyer searches for his family in the crowd Sunday afternoon, May 13, 2012, after the UMSL graduation ceremony ended in the Mark Twain building.

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First grader Isabel Hoffeditz tells custodian Toby Meyer about a problem she is having with other students at her lunch table Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at Rose Acres Elementary School in Maryland Heights.

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Custodian Toby Meyer sweeps up some spilled food Wednesday, May 9, 2012, during lunch at Rose Acres Elementary School in Maryland Heights.

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Custodian Toby Meyer was only joking when he gave the evil eye to a student during lunch period at Rose Acres Elementary School Wednesday, May 9, 2012. At. left is student N'dia Robinson.

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Custodian Toby Meyer folds up the lunchroom tables Wednesday afternoon, May 9, 2012, at Rose Acres Elementary School in Maryland Heights.

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Custodian Toby Meyer does his daily cleaning of the lunchroom floor Wednesday, May 9, 2012, following the three lunch sessions at Rose Acres Elementary School in Maryland Heights.

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Custodian Toby Meyer secures a soap dispenser back on the wall of a classroom at Rose Acres Elementary School Wednesday, May 9, 2012.

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Custodian Toby Meyer looks over the shoulder of third grader Katherine Cullinane Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at Rose Acres Elementary School in Maryland Heights. These kids know so much more about computers than I'll ever know, said Meyer.

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