Rhonda Ballinger graduated from Claremore High School in 1976. She received her Bachelor?s Degree in Education, from Northeastern University in Tahlequah, in December of 1981. She taught 8 years in Panama, Oklahoma. She has been at Sallisaw for 19 years as a math teacher in the Middle School. She is married to Kevin Ballinger, and they have two daughters, Tara, who works for the Attorney General in Oklahoma City, and Brooke Thompson who is attending Northeastern University. Brooke is married to Jeremy Thompson, and they have a daughter, Gracie.