Board honors retirees for years of service, working with students

The Board of Education recently honored employees who have retired since June 30, 2007, and those who have already announced their retirements at the end of this school year during a ceremony on June 12, 5 p.m., at the Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building. Retirees are listed by name, last position held, location, and years of service.

• Karen Allison, mathematics teacher, Thomas Stone High School, 40;
• Shirley Arnold, elementary teacher, Eva Turner Elementary School, 38;
• Barbara Barton, special education instructional assistant, J. P. Ryon Elementary School, 20;
• Arlene Bennof, special education teacher, T. C. Martin Elementary School, 37;
• Cassandra Blacktree, principal, J. C. Parks Elementary School, 38;
• Kathleen Blanche, specialist in early childhood education, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, 33;
• Garth Bowling, Jr., principal, La Plata High School, 34;
• Joyce Bowman, food service worker, Dr. Gustavus Brown Elementary School, 11;
• Michael Brown, vice principal, Henry E. Lackey High School, 32;
• Catherine Brownlee, secretary to the principal, Malcolm Elementary School, 29;
• Lionel Carroll, building service assistant manager, Starkey Building, 15;
• Linda Charbonneau-Hughes, Reading Recovery teacher, Gale-Bailey Elementary School, 37;
• Lydia Colston, guidance counselor, La Plata, 40;
• Cynthia Corbett, special education teacher, John Hanson Middle School, 37;
• Norma Davis, English teacher, Stone, 37;
• Patricia Disney, special education instructional assistant, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School, 7;
• Sue Ford, special education teacher, F.B. Gwynn Educational Center, 27;
• Susan Fowler, principal, Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer Elementary School, 33;
• Patricia Gallagher, secretary for the department of instruction, Starkey Building, 34;
• Gayle Gepert, instructional specialist, Turner, 36;
• Steven Grimes, science teacher, Maurice J. McDonough High School, 32;
• Patricia Grove, English teacher, Stone, 31;
• Julia Habash, mathematics teacher, Theodore G. Davis Middle School, 34;
• Deborah Hall, elementary teacher, Malcolm, 28;
• Charles Henson, JROTC instructor, Stone, 14;
• Juanita Hepler, media specialist, Benjamin Stoddert Middle School, 24;
• Kathleen Hettel, reading resource teacher, Mary H. Matula Elementary School, 33;
• Phillip Hill, general maintenance worker, Radio Station Annex, 30;
• Bridgett Jochum, elementary teacher, William B. Wade Elementary School, 22;
• James Johnson, special education teacher, Westlake High School, 32;
• Lynn Kennedy, speech therapist, Turner, 32;
• Brenda Korrow, instructional specialist, Martin, 32;
• Dody Kundreskas, instrumental music teacher, Mt. Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School, 37;
• Jerome Lyles Sr., building service manager, Starkey Building, 37;
• Maureen MacPherson, secretary to special education, Starkey Building, 10;
• Rose Matthews, building service worker, Ryon, 18;
• Jean Mudd, career technician, La Plata, 19;
• Linda Norcross, media instructional assistant, Milton M. Somers Middle School, 15;
• Cynthia Nwokekeh, speech therapist, Mattawoman Middle School, 30;
• Wendy O'Brien, elementary teacher, Wade, 39;
• Joan Organ, secretary to student services, Starkey Building, 28;
• Mary Ann Padgett, food service worker, Stoddert, 28;
• Susette Panitz, media specialist, Martin, 40.5;
• Lauretta Peterson, elementary teacher, Walter J. Mitchell Elementary School, 33;
• Claudine Pitts, food service worker, Matula, 19;
• Robert Pitts, science teacher, Stone, 37;
• Rudolph Posey, Jr., building service manager, Matula, 16;
• Jane Quigley, elementary school teacher, Martin, 37;
• Robert Rausch, instrumental music teacher, Somers, 29;
• Linda Salley, instructional specialist, Robert D. Stethem Educational Center, 36;
• Gloria Saloky, secretary, Stone, 20;
• Mervin Savoy, Indian education instructional assistant, Starkey Building, 27;
• Constance Short, secretary to the principal, Mudd, 30;
• Cynthia Sigafoose, elementary teacher, Wade, 31;
• Catherine Smith, cooperative education coordinator/teacher, McDonough, 36;
• Sarah Smith, language arts teacher, Somers, 33.5;
• Donald Smith, Sr., electrician, Radio Station Annex, 21;
• James Smoyer, electrical engineer, Radio Station Road Annex, 31.5;
• Susan Sofield, career technician, La Plata, 21;
• Margaret Stafford, coordinator of career & technology education, Starkey Building, 33;
• Michelle Summers, food service manager, Westlake, 16;
• Christine Swank, social studies teacher, Stoddert, 15;
• Penelope Turner, Reading Recovery teacher, Arthur Middleton Elementary School, 17;
• Loretta Williams, kindergarten instructional assistant, Mudd, 22;
• Joseph Woodland, building service assistant manager, Ryon, 31; and
• Sandra Yates, secretary to the principal, Stoddert, 36.5.