School district honors its retiring employees at special ceremony

On Tuesday, May 24, PYLUSD honored its retiring certificated, classified and management employees with a special retirement recognition ceremony before the Board of Education meeting. Seventeen staff members attending the reception, in which Assistant Superintendent of Personnel Services Kevin Lee and Director of Personnel Services Nancy Blade introduced each retiree, and told stories about their careers at PYLUSD. It was a heartfelt, fun and, at times, emotional gathering for all attendees.

Full list of retirees:

• Mary Adams, 23 years of services
• Michaele Alcaraz, 16 years of services
• Margarita Arana-Vaca, 11 years of services
• Rose Marie Baldwin-Shirey, 36 years of services
• Paul Berman, 13 years of services
• Ingrid Blank, 19 years of services
• Frank Borgese, 12 years of services
• Donna Bradley, 36 years of services
• Pamela Burdge, 15 years of services
• Leslie Chenal, 31 years of services
• Corliss Connelly, 22 years of services
• Mary Ellen Cummings, 38 years of services
• John Cyrus III, 40 years of services
• Patricia Davidson, 31 years of services
• Sara De Land, 27 years of services
• Doug Domene, 31 years of services
• Jolene Fredstrom Weese, 29 years of services
• Fernando Garcia, 35 years of services
• Shelley Gargle, 27 years of services
• Cindy Gjersvold, 26 years of services
• Annette Hays, 38 years of services
• Patricia Holt, 41 years of services
• Gisela Jackson, 39 years of services
• Valerie Johnson, 24 years of services
• Jenny Laurich, 28 years of services
• Marsha Linsley, 37 years of services
• Mike Marrujo, 35 years of services
• Cynthia Meza, 13 years of services
• Cynthia Michalak, 19 years of services
• Betty Murphy, 18 years of services
• Marcia Napoli, 34 years of services
• Iris Okura, 16 years of services
• Linda Peck, 26 years of services
• Linda Pfeifer, 25 years of services
• Daneen Piedilato-Kniess, 36 years of services
• Paul Quental, 20 years of services
• Debra Rohrs, 13 years of services
• Jeffrey Sanders, 34 years of services
• Joyce Scudellari, 29 years of services
• Deby Six, 22 years of services
• Gail Spear, 18 years of services
• Marcia Sprang, 29 years of services
• Debra Storing, 17 years of services
• Barbara Sullivan, 20 years of services
• Timothy Tivenan, 23 years of services
• Maryam Toliati, 9 years of services
• Todoan Tran, 19 years of services
• Steven Umber, 24 years of services
• Rae Ann Watkins, 31 years of services
• Diane Wiest, 20 years of services

Click here for our Facebook album of the “2016 Retirement Reception.”