Local elementary school teacher dots the I for TBDBITL

GROVE CITY, Ohio (WCMH) -- As the Buckeyes get ready to take on Penn State at Ohio Stadium on Saturday, the Ohio State University Marching Band is also gearing up for a performance, including an elementary teacher at South Western City Schools who is dotting the i.

Kelly Scott said she lives a bit of a double life. She teaches students all day and then heads to OSU’s campus right after school for band practice, where she plays the sousaphone.

Scott teaches third grade at Bolton Crossing Elementary School.

“I knew my goal in band was to dot the i and that requires four years,” said Scott. “So I found a job in South Western City Schools that allowed me to be flexible with the work hours and still allowed me to get to rehearsal on time.”

Scott said she started playing tuba as a sixth grader at Worthington Schools with the sole purpose of eventually dotting the i.

Her dreams all come on Saturday, and on Friday, all the staff and her students at Bolton Crossing wore t-shirts to support Scott.

“The i-dotters each game create a t-shirt designed to have for friends and family to wear and to celebrate the big moment,” said Scott.

“It’s really comfortable and I’m really happy because her family and friends paid for it and someday we can pay them back,” said third-grader Ravyn Golden.

Scott has been teaching her students about the band all school year.

“How we learned how to walk when we’re doing the Ohio, when we are scripting Ohio State,” said third-grade student Liam Gault.

“We get to learn lots about the band and see videos of it,” said Sadie Genson, another one of Scott’s students.

To help her practice before the performance, the third graders at Bolton Crossing marched in a line spelling out ‘Ohio’ behind the school with Scott dotting the i.

Her students said they’ll be watching on Saturday.

“She’s really good at it, and she gets to dot the i on Saturday,” said Golden.

“I think it'll also be cool because I can see my teacher and then my family can also see who she is too,” said Genson.

Scott said bringing her passions of teaching and the marching band together this year has been special, and seeing her students get excited about music and the band has made the buddy schedule worth it.

“It’s a pretty special honor, and being able to provide that experience and share that with all of these students is amazing, and I love being able to combine them together,” said Scott.

Script Ohio will take place right before the game kicks off at noon on Saturday.