BOE honors retirees at annual retiree recognition ceremony

The Board of Education held its annual retiree recognition ceremony on Thursday, June 5 to honor the staff members who retired, or will retire during the 2024-25 school year. 

a group of retirees are posing
The retiring staff members in attendance at the retiree recognition ceremony.

We thank all of our retirees for their years of service to the district and wish them all the best in this next chapter. 

2024-25 Retirees

• Martin Benjamin – Bus Driver – 20 years of service

• Nazareth Betancur – Cleaner – 22 years of service

• Claire Byrne – Teaching Assistant – 26 years of service

• Cherie DeGraw – Health Assistant – 17 years of service

• Valerie Demundo – Teaching Assistant – 24 years of service

• Janice Eisenhardt – Elementary Teacher – 32 years of service

• Edward Gold – English Teacher-HS – 17 years of service

• Hollie Hall – Teaching Assistant – 29 years of service

• Jill Harrold – Elementary Teacher – 21 years of service

• Barbara Holloran – Teaching Assistant – 21 years of service

• JoAnn Kelleher – Special Education Teacher-MS – 28 years of service

• Stephen Lewis – Director, Plant Ops – 7 years of service

• Robert Lyons – Bus Driver – 25 years of service

• Elisa Mendels – School Social Worker – 26 years of service

• Kimberly Murphy – Reading Teacher – 29 years of service

• Sandra Nieto – Cleaner – 21 years of service

• Steven Raabe – Driver Education Teacher – 10 years of service

• Michael Ruggiero – Groundskeeper – 31 years of service

• Theresa Sager – Elementary Teacher – 42 years of service

• Donna Siegel – Teacher Aide, Cooke – 7 years of service

• Dana Taylor – Speech Teacher – 30 years of service

• Isidore Velez – Bus Driver – 27 years of service

• Mary Wells – Elementary Teacher – 31 years of service

• Patricia Whipple – Elementary Teacher – 22 years of service

• Julia Zanger – Speech Language Pathologist – 24 years of service