Highline School District News 06/15/06

BEKKEVOLD, ELIZABETH ~ Cedarhurst
Elizabeth retired on June 22, 2005. She taught music at a number of elementary schools during her 36 years with the district including Normandy Park, Angle Lake, Gregory Heights, Shorewood, Madrona, Marvista, and Cedarhurst.

BRADLEY, TERRI ~ Sunnydale
Terri started at Sunnydale in 1995 and remained in that building teaching grades 1, 2, 4, 6, and resource room until her retirement on June 22, 2005.

BRENNAN, CAROL ~ Nutrition Services
Carol worked for the district for 32 years prior to her retirement on February 24, 2006. She started working in schools as a lunchroom helper and became a kitchen lead. At the time of her retirement, she was the production manager.

BROOKS, GAIL ~ Hilltop
Gail has been with the district for 12 years at Hilltop teaching at the fifth and sixth grades. She will be retiring on June 22.

BROZ, JAN ~ Highline
Jan started with the district in 1991 and retired on June 22, 2005. She taught home and family life at Satellite Alternative School, life skills at Mount Rainier, and worked with the teen parent program at Highline.

BURLEY, MELVIN RAY ~ Facilities
Ray was with the district for 34 years and retired on March 31, 2006. He worked as a sweeper, on the grounds crew, and was a building specialties foreperson at the time of his retirement.

BURNLEY, Jr. JOHN ~ Evergreen
John has been a teacher at Evergreen since 1998 and also served as the head coach of the boys’ basketball team. He will be retiring on June 22.

CARLMAS, MICHAEL ~ Madrona
Michael has been a custodian in the district since 1987, working first as a substitute and then at Beverly Park, Southern Heights, Olympic, and Madrona. He will be retiring on June 30, 2006.

CARLOS, SALLY ~ North Hill
Sally will finish 37 years in the district when she retires on June 22. She has taught at Manhattan, Normandy Park, Olympic, and North Hill.

CASTELLUCCIO, JOSEPH ~ Security
Joe retired from his position as a security officer on November 30, 2005, after 25 years with the district. He also was the community liaison specialist at Evergreen for four years.

CLARK, FAYE ~ Transportation
Faye was hired in March 1977 as a bus driver and continued in that position until her retirement on January 4, 2006.

CLARK, PAULA ~ Seahurst
Paula began in the district as a sub in May 1991 and will be
retiring July 1. She has worked in various positions at Seahurst since the fall of 1991, most recently as a library assistant.

CODY, HARRIETT ~ Aviation
Harriett was at Aviation High School for one year and retired on June 22, 2005.

CROSSMAN, WILLIAM ~ ERAC
Bill was hired in November 1999 as a school-to-work specialist. In July 2000, he became the acting director of applied learning and career development, changing to the permanent director in 2001. Since 2004 he has been the project director for the office of high school design and the administrator of the CHOICE/ Homeschool Program. His retirement date is June 30.

EILERS, SUSAN ~ Computer Services
Susan spent her career in Highline in various positions within the computer services department. She started as a keypunch/utility in 1982 and retired on September 30, 2005, as an office assistant III.

ELWELL, VERN ~ Highline
Vern has been teaching math for 41 years – three years at Sylvester and the rest of the time at Highline and will be retiring on June 22. For the past six years he has also served as the facilitator for the traffic safety program.

FITZPATRICK, MICHAEL ~ Shorewood
Michael has been with the district for 24 years working in special education and regular education classrooms at White Center Heights, Salmon Creek, Riverton Heights, Cedarhurst, Midway, and Shorewood. He will be retiring on June 22.

GALKA, ALFRED ~ Transportation
Alfred was hired as a substitute bus monitor in September 1999 and into a permanent position in November 2001. He will be retiring on June 22.

GAUL, FRANK ~ Highline
Frank has been an ESL/ELL teacher at Highline since 1980 and will be retiring on June 22, 2006.

GRAY, PATRICIA ~ Southern Heights
Since 1982, Pat has been a music teacher in several schools including Tyee, McMicken Heights, Bow Lake, Marvista, and Southern Heights. She will be retiring at the end of the school year.

HANSEN, LINDA ~ Beverly Park
Linda started in 1987 as an ESL kindergarten teacher at Beverly Park and will be retiring at the end of this school year. She has also taught sixth grade and, most recently, third grade.

HENDERSON, SHARON ~ Chinook
Sharon retired June 22, 2005, and was the librarian at Chinook for the seven years she worked for the district.

JACOBOWITZ, JUDITH ~ Hazel Valley
Judy will be retiring on June 22. She was hired in 1978 as a Title I teacher aide at Beverly Park. She also worked at Mount View for four years before moving to Hazel Valley in 1984.

JONES, KASEY ~ Hazel Valley
Kasey has been with the district since the fall of 1979, where she started in a self-contained classroom at Chinook. She also taught at Olympic before moving to Hazel Valley in 1981, where she has been a primary ELL teacher. Her retirement date is June 22.

JULSON, MARCIA ~ Human Resources
In 1986, Marcia was hired as a secretary in the curriculum and instruction department. She also was a secretary in the traffic safety department and health services/health education departments before moving to human resources in 1995. She retired on May 31, 2006, as an administrative assistant.

KING, KAREN ~ Science Resources Center
Karen started in the district as a substitute in 1983 and since 1987 has worked at the science resources center. She retired on April 30, 2006.

LARSON, MARY ~ North Hill
For the last five years, Mary has been an ELL teacher at North Hill in third grade and in the primary newcomer center. Her retirement is effective June 22.

LOTTERO, EDWARD ~ ACE/Tyee
Edward started with the district in 2001 as a science teacher at Tyee and retired March 17, 2006.

LUCERO, MARY ~ ERAC
Mary came to the district in 1979 as a sub and became a permanent employee in 1981. She has worked in computer services, nutrition services, security, and purchasing. She has been the executive assistant to the assistant superintendent for support services since 1994. Mary will retire on June 30, 2006.

LUCIEN, BELLE ~ Transportation
Belle was hired in October 1978 as a bus driver and continued in that position until her retirement on June 22, 2005.

LUTON, SYLVIA ~ Mount View
Sylvia will be retiring on June 22 after working at Mount View since 1992 – first as a resource room teacher and then in first grade and second grade.

MAAS, KATHERINE ~ White Center Heights
Katherine worked at White Center Heights for 21 years, starting as a noon duty aide and retiring August 31, 2005, as a para-educator.

McDANIEL, SHARON ~ Facilities
Sharon has been with the district since 1979 and will retire on June 30. She worked at Parkside and Pacific before coming to the learning resources department at ERAC. In 1998 she went to the maintenance department and in 2003 moved to the facilities department.

McDOUGALL, THERESE ~ Evergreen
Therese retired on April 19, 2006. She had been at Evergreen since January 1979, beginning as a lunchroom helper and most recently working in the production kitchen.

MILLER, BONNIE – Cascade
Bonnie retired on May 31, 2006, as the bookkeeper at Cascade. She had also been the bookkeeper at Highline and worked in the accounts payable department at ERAC before going to Cascade. She started as a sub in the food services department.

MURRAY, NANCY ~ Evergreen
Nancy will be retiring on June 22, 2006. She started as a lunchroom aide at Bow Lake in 1982 and moved to Evergreen in 1986. She became a special education teacher aide in 1990, finishing her career as a para educator/special education.

PARKS, DEBORAH ~ Mount Rainier
Debbie has been the French teacher at Mount Rainier for the past two years and will be retiring on June 22.

REINSVOLD, JAN ~ Woodside/RTP
Jan worked for the district for 28 years before retiring on June 22, 2005. She started as a resource room teacher at Pacific and also taught at Evergreen. She began working with the realistic transition program (RTP) in 1986.

RICHARDS, Jr., CHARLES ~ Chinook
Chuck started with the district in January 2002 as an ESL teacher on special assignment at ERAC and then moved to Chinook as an ELL teacher at the beginning of the 2004-05 school year. He will be retiring on
June 22.

ROBBINS, RUTH ~ Evergreen
Ruth has been a math teacher at Evergreen since November 1999 and will be retiring June 22.

ROSE, JAMES ~ Highline
Jim has been employed with Highline Public Schools for 16 years as a special education teacher at Highline High School, where he also served as the special education department chair. He is retiring on June 22.

SCHAPER, CAROL ~ Cedarhurst
Carol was hired in the fall of 1995 as an instructional paraprofessional/LAP at Cedarhurst Elementary and the following year became a third-grade teacher in that building. For the past two years, she has been the reading coach and will be retiring on June 22.

SCHMIDT, ALAN ~ Facilities
Alan was with the district for 30 years, beginning on the grounds crew. From there he became an engineering data technician, a maintenance manager, and a special projects supervisor. After serving as assistant director and acting director, in 1997 he became the director of facilities services. Alan retired on March 31, 2006.

SCHNEIDER, GLADYS ~ Salmon Creek
During her 23 years in Highline, Gladys worked at Evergreen, Tyee, and Salmon Creek in various positions, most recently as a paraeducator/special education. She retired on June 25, 2005.

TOFTELAND, EILEEN ~ Mount View
Eileen was hired in 1987 as a bus monitor. She retired on March 31, 2006, as a student monitor/para after being at Mount View for 15 years.

TRIPP, RITA ~ Beverly Park
Rita has been with the district since 1975 when she started as a crossing guard at Salmon Creek. She will be retiring June 22 from Beverly Park as a para-educator.

WELLER, MARY ~ Tyee
Mary is retiring on June 22, 2006, as a para-educator/ special education. She began at Gregory Heights as a teacher aide in 1984.

WOLFE, BETTY ~ White Center Heights
Betty was hired to teach a first/second grade combination classroom at Beverly Park in 1985. Then she taught second grade at Parkside before moving to North Shorewood as the librarian. She was also the librarian at Gregory Heights before working at White Center Heights. She retired on June 30, 2005.

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