UPDATE: At the Santa Rosa City School Board meeting Wednesday night, the board honored retiring teachers and staff. The list of those retiring was updated from a previously published list. Here is the updated version:
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When the school year ends later this month, Santa Rosa City Schools will say goodbye to more than just the class of 2011. It will bid adieu to 50 staffers who have contributed nearly 1,150 years to the district (for you math majors, I did some rounding in the tenures listed below).
The job titles listed represent the final position held by the staffer, so when looking at, say Pam Devlin, it may say simply “Maria Carrillo, teacher” but what you can read between the lines are stints at Santa Rosa Middle School (back when it was Santa Rosa Junior High), Santa Rosa High, the principal’s post when Carrillo opened in 1996, a move to assistant superintendent…you get the picture.
There are some quality names on this list. Check them out:
Linda Anderson, Elsie Allen High, technician: 16 years
Stephanie Bigham, state and federal, program acct tech: 15 years
Janyce Bodeson, Santa Rosa High, teacher, 19 years
Lois Brown, special education asst., 7 years
Cheryl Ann Cardoza, Elsie Allen High, teacher: 34 years
Jeanne Carey, Slater Middle, special ed asst.: 23 years
Kathyrn Carlsen, curriculum and instruction dir.: 23 years
Maria Davila-Verhein, Montgomery High, teacher: 28 years
Hannah DeRousseau, Rincon Valley Middle, teacher: 24 years
Pam Devlin, Maria Carrillo High, teacher: 30 years
Debbie Eggleston, human resources tech.: 21 years
Judith Ehret-Straesser, teacher, Elsie Allen, 17 years
Sonja Erickson, Maria Carrillo High, teacher: 27 years
Greg Espinoza, asst. superintendent: 35 years
Ellen Friedman, Slater Middle, teacher: 33 years
Claudine Gans-Rugebregt, Maria Carrillo High, teacher: 13 years
Harriet Gray, Santa Rosa High, principal: 39 years
Mary Beth Halsey, Maria Carrillo High, Principal: 24 years
Pamela Harman, Steele Lane, teacher, 16 years
Lenny Higgins, maintenance tech: 26 years
Patty Hlinka, Proctor Terrace, teacher: 36 years
Winnie Hogoboom, Biella Elementary, principal: 38 years
Donna Hokanson, nutrition services, purchasing asst.: 16 years
Drew Jackson, Brook Hill Elementary, teacher: 15 years
Linda Katlarz, Slater Middle School, food services: 21 years
Barry Kelly, Steele Lane Elementary, principal: 6 years
Karen Kendall, Slater Middle, teacher: 38 years
Susan Kiraly, Hidden Valley Elementary, teacher: 15 years
Lloyd Laub, Maria Carrillo High, teacher: 20 years
Lynn Mattison, administrative secretary, 33 years
Dennis McCarty, Comstock Middle, teacher: 35 years
Signe Minuskin, Steele Lane Elementary, secretary: 11 years
Patrick Murphy, Slater Middle, custodian: 33 years
Gloria Naisbitt, Santa Rosa High School, teacher: 11 years
Kathy Noguchi, Lincoln Elementary, teacher 11 years
Keith Olsen, home and hospital, teacher: 15 years
June Otto, special services, speech counselor: 22 years
Letrice Patterson, Slater, counselor, 38 years
Marlyn Peterson, Proctor Terrace Elementary, teacher: 17 years
Darlene Pullen, Santa Rosa High School, teacher: 16 years
Melvin Sandholm, Cook Middle School, teacher: 24 years
John Rugebregt, Maria Carrillo High, teacher 13 years
Menzi Shank, Biella Elementary, secretary: 31 years
Katherine Simmie, Biella, teacher: 25 years
Theodore Tenbroeck, Cook Middle, teacher: 27 years
Monica Thompson, Steele Lane, 25 years
Chester Tileston, maintenance and operations, technician: 35 years
Minoo Tipton, Santa Rosa Middle, food services: 16 years
Cathy Urbanus, Lincoln Elementary, teacher: 17 years
Linda Walker, Cook Middle, technician: 29 years