FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE N.R.
#155, 4/10/00
Date: April 10, 2000
Contact: Irene Cromer
(703)791-8720
School Employees Honored For
Service
“At one time I could tell you the name of every school employee in the county,” says Carolyn Gregg, “and I could tell you where they were located.” Gregg, who has worked for Prince William County Public Schools for thirty-five years, will be among 317 employees recognized for 20, 25, 30, 35 or 40 years of service at a School Board reception April 11. The employees will receive service pins, and, in a program new to the school division, service bonuses of $400 (for 20 years) or $500 (for 25 years and above). Employees who have completed five, ten and fifteen years of service will be recognized at their work locations with pins and bonuses of $100, $200 and $300, respectively.
Gregg is currently serving in the curriculum services department as secretary to the supervisor of science and math and the supervisor of driver education and athletics. Hired by former superintendent Stuart Beville in 1962 as an assistant to his secretary, Gregg split her time between secretarial duties and manning the school division’s switchboard at the old office on Tudor Lane in Manassas. “Mr. Beville asked me if I was sure that I wasn’t going to get married and I assured him I wasn’t. Eighteen months later I was engaged,” Gregg says, with her ever-present smile.
Over the years, Gregg’s responsibilities grew with the school division. She served simultaneously as part-time personnel secretary, part-time secretary to the superintendent of construction, part-time payroll and part-time secretary to the school division’s only school nurse and its one visiting teacher. In the late 1960’s she was the first person to enter data into the computers being introduced in the personnel department. Aside from an eighteen-month break immediately after her marriage, and another ten months after the birth of her son, Gregg has been at the school division’s central offices ever since. She spent fourteen years in personnel, rising to the position of certification specialist.
“I’ve enjoyed every bit of it,” Gregg says. “It certainly doesn’t seem like thirty-five years. Every boss I’ve ever had has been great.” She has no plans to retire. “I’ve talked to people who have retired and after four weeks, they’ve done everything and they’re ready to come back. I think I may go for forty.”
Gregg’s husband Paul is completing twenty-one years with the school division. Her son Tony, who will receive a law enforcement degree in December, and his wife Karen, a Prince William County science teacher, will make her a grandmother in May.
FORTY YEARS
Patricia Davies has taught social studies at Gar-Field High for her entire career. During her tenure at Gar-Field she started a sociology course and taught comparative AP government. Davies sponsored student government, pep club, National Honor Society, County Federation (a radio program on Saturday mornings) and helped with the tennis team for several years. She has served under six principals and plans to retire this year to “follow her own star.”
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS
The following employees will be recognized for thirty-five years of service: Carolyn Gregg, Secretary III, Curriculum Services; John Moyer, Planetarium Director, Hylton High; Lillian Robey, Guidance Counselor, King Elementary; Beatrice Mowdy, Work Leader, Lynn Middle; Carolyn Vanderhaven, Second Grade Teacher, Marumsco Hills Elementary; Harold Secord, Principal, Neabsco Elementary; John Ferrell, Guidance Director, Rippon Middle; Mary Elmore, Guidance Counselor, Saunders Middle; and Jack Kemp, Mathematics Teacher, Woodbridge High.
THIRTY YEARS
Employees who will receive pins for thirty years of service include, at Antietam Elementary, Kathleen Curtin, Second Grade Teacher, and Carroll Reynolds, LD Resource Teacher; Bel Air Elementary, Kathleen Harris, Fifth Grade Teacher; Bennett Elementary, Constance Bariteau, PE Teacher; Beville Middle, Michael Bateman, Science Teacher;
Brentsville District High, Linda Poteat, Sixth Grade Teacher, Patricia Sowers, Secretary II, and Jerilynn Stiles, Librarian; Coles Elementary, Charles Soderberg, Fifth Grade Teacher;
Dale City Elementary, Elizabeth Hatfield, Librarian, and Elizabeth Steffanic, Reading Teacher; Dumfries Elementary, Jessie Aliff, Custodial Manager I; Enterprise Elementary, Mary Allen, Second Grade Teacher, and Linda Garrett, Second Grade Teacher;
Gar-Field High, Cheryl Heedick, Foreign Language Teacher, Hannah Johnson, ISS Teacher, Irene Kabler, Foreign Language Teacher, Charles Robinson, Director of Student Activities, and John Shriver, EMR Teacher; Graham Park Middle, Richard Hillegass, Technology Education Teacher, and Janice Suppa-Friedman, Reading Teacher; and Henderson Elementary, Bonnie Smuzynski-Penland, Assistant Principal.
Also, at Hylton High, Betty Huddleston, Language Arts Teacher, and Patricia Pearsall, Language Arts Teacher; Kerrydale Elementary, Dr. Wayne Ralston, Principal; Lake Ridge Middle, Bonnie Coniglio, Secretary III, and Carl Neblett, Mathematics Teacher;
Loch Lomond, Margaret Combo, Second Grade Teacher, and Willie Haughton, Librarian; Marshall Elementary, Elisabeth Allaire, Librarian; Marsteller Middle, Linda Dick, Guidance Director; McAuliffe Elementary, Ann Cardoni, Fifth Grade Teacher; Mullen Elementary, Donna Callis, Second Grade Teacher;
Neabsco Elementary, Brenda Gardziel, Second Grade Teacher, and Kathryn Knaupp, Fifth Grade Teacher; and Occoquan Elementary, Margaret Banach, Guidance Counselor, and Brenda Poledor, Fifth Grade Teacher; Old Bridge Elementary, Jean Campbell, Fourth Grade Teacher;
Osbourn Park High, James Button, Science Teacher, Thomas Cerul, Driver Education Teacher, Lawrence Cifranic, Technology Education Teacher, Thomas Harrah, Mathematics Teacher, and James Shirley, Social Studies Teacher.
Other employees who will be recognized are, at Parkside Elementary, Sandra Bateman, Third Grade Teacher; Parkside Middle, John Karnaszewski, Sixth Grade Teacher, Sandra Kurz, Social Studies Teacher, and Chloe Salyers, Custodian II; Pattie Elementary, Linda Fletcher, Second Grade Teacher;
Also, at Potomac High, Patricia Droves, Guidance Counselor; Rippon Middle, Patricia Drewniak, Social Studies Teacher, and Keith Mahan, Technology Education Teacher; River Oaks Elementary, Emma Williams, Librarian; Rockledge Elementary, Gwendolyn DiCroce, Art Teacher; Saunders Middle, John Dodson, Music Teacher, and Eric Garrett, Science Teacher; Sinclair Elementary, Dr. Paul Banks, Principal;
Stonewall High, Barbara Cornwell, Language Arts Teacher; Stonewall Middle, Marcianna Bade, Health and PE Teacher, Mary Lukomski, Sixth Grade Teacher, and Katherine Outten, Strings Teacher.
Also, at Westridge Elementary, Janice Hill, First Grade Teacher; at Woodbridge High, Linda Bell, Health and PE Teacher, Cecil Jarman, Science Teacher, and Nancy Vogt, Mathematics Teacher; and Woodbridge Middle, Charleen Deasy, Work/Family Studies Teacher, and Betsie Fobes, Mathematics Teacher.
Transportation Department - The following bus drivers will receive pins for thirty years of service: Shelvia Barnette, Arlette Dreischer, Lillian Lansdowne, Sherry Lucas, Mary Moroney (Special Education), Odessa O'Quin, Linda Quaid, Nell Rice (Special Education), Mamie Russell, and Anna Stapulonis (Special Education).
Other transportation department employees who will be recognized for thirty years of service include Joyce Briscoe, Vehicle Records Clerk, and James Chaffin, Shop Crew Chief.
Central office employees who have served for thirty years include Gloria Butler, IST Member, Curriculum Services; Rose LaTulipe, Executive Secretary II, Management; Betty Strawderman, Account Clerk II, Food Services; Earl Jacobs, Shop Foreman, Raymond Leddon, Mechanic II, Roy Nicholson, Crew Chief, and Kenneth Seabolt, Shop Foreman, Plant Maintenance; and John Bass, Administrative Coordinator, Special Education.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
Listed by school and department, the following employees have worked for the County schools for twenty-five years: Ann Ludwig, Barbara Houck, ED Teacher Assistant; Antietam, Nancy McManus, Kindergarten Teacher Assistant, June Najjum, Librarian, Vickey Posey,
Custodial Manager I, and Arlene Singer, Kindergarten Teacher.
Also, Bennett Elementary, Karen Bazin, Second Grade Teacher; Beville Middle, Anne Stevison, Sixth Grade Teacher; Brentsville District Middle/High School, Dennis Knight, Language Arts Teacher, Therese Marx, Social Studies Teacher, and Greta Perry, Executive Secretary I;
Coles Elementary, Marge Scheflen, LD Resource Teacher; Dale City Elementary Silvia Marshall, Second Grade Teacher; Dumfries Elementary, Mary Meale, Kindergarten Teacher Assistant; Featherstone Elementary, Judith Tardiff, Kindergarten Teacher Assistant;
Gar-Field High, Maxine Aiken, Vocational Resource Teacher, Gerald Lucas, Technology Education Teacher, William Stephens, Assistant Principal, and Rudiger Zimmermann, Administrative Assistant; Godwin Middle, Florence Bennett, Work Leader, Peggy Hornsby, and Assistant Cafeteria Manager;
Graham Park Middle, Charles Horne, Science Teacher; Hylton High, James Campbell, Custodial Manager III, and Judy Jandreau, Assistant Principal; Independent Hill School, Mary Randall, Student Attendant; Kerrydale Elementary, Goldie Webb, Custodian II; Lake Ridge Elementary, Barbara Causseaux, Second Grade Teacher, and Catherine McMurtrey, Administrative Assistant;
Lake Ridge Middle, Mark Joswick, Assistant Principal, Patricia Sims, Sixth Grade Teacher; and Mary Tilgner, Sixth Grade Teacher; Loch Lomond Elementary, Mary Ferguson, LD Resource Teacher; Marshall Elementary, Madelyn Cook, Second Grade Teacher, and Otelia Frazier, Principal; Marsteller Middle, Laurence Nemerow, Science Teacher, and Jill Pascale, Sixth Grade Teacher; and Marumsco Hills Elementary, Donna Mitchell, Second Grade Teacher;
Mountain View Elementary, Robert Bowman, Reading Teacher; Mullen Elementary, Annabell Newman, Custodian II; Old Bridge Elementary, Charleen Dunbar, Reading Teacher; at Osbourn Park High, Janet Clark, EMR Teacher, and Mary Kimble, Custodian II; PACE East, Eva Anderson, ED Teacher Assistant;
Pattie Elementary, Barbara McGovern, Third Grade Teacher, Miriam Owens, Fifth Grade Teacher, and Curtis Stewart, Custodial Manager I; Penn Elementary, Dorothy Wells, Fourth Grade Teacher; Potomac High, Dianne Stevens, Business Education Teacher, and Dr. Natialy Walker, Director of Instruction; and, at Potomac View Elementary, Cathy Newcomb, LD Teacher;
Springwoods Elementary, Dorthula Johnson, LD Teacher Assistant; Stonewall Jackson High, Carolyn Pugh, Guidance Counselor, and Hattie Robertson, Work Leader; Stonewall Middle, Joanna Cook, Library Media Assistant, Howard Leshin, Mathematics Teacher, and Rose Utz, Bookkeeper II; and Sudley Elementary, Bessie Dildy, EMR Teacher;Triangle Elementary, Mary Hardy, Librarian; Tyler Elementary, Violet Keen, Cafeteria Worker; West Gate Elementary, Gail Boster, Speech Teacher, Virginia Melicher, Title I Teacher; Westridge Elementary, Flo Dakos, Third Grade Teacher; Woodbridge High, Thora Davis, LD Resource Teacher, and Alan Ross, Assistant Principal; and, at Yorkshire Elementary, Deborah McLain, Administrative Assistant.
Transportation Department – The following bus drivers will be honored for twenty-five years of service: Priscilla Corbin (Special Education), Evelyn Downs, Virginia Freeby, (Special Education), Joyce Fritter, Beverly Honaker, Mary Langhorne (Special Education), Clara Mongrain, Janice Rolley, Linda Taylor, Myrtle Wills, Madeline Wilson (Special Education), and Carol Yoder.
Central office employees who will be honored for twenty-five years of service include: Wayne Mallard, Associate Superintendent, Area II; Rick Fitzgerald, Director, and Patricia Gerick, Personnel Specialist, Personnel; Dennis Cox, Roofer II, and Ted Riley, Building Engineer II, Plant Maintenance; Linda White, Custodial Manager I, Plant Operations; Frances Peacher, Administrative Coordinator, Purchasing; and Vick Thomas, Mail Courier, Supply Services.
TWENTY YEARS
The following
employees will receive service pins for twenty years of service: at Ann Ludwig,
Sharon George, Preschool Teacher Assistant and Cecile Lampman, Preschool
Teacher Assistant; Bel Air, Daniel Bennett, Principal, Christine McElwee, LD
Resource Teacher; Belmont, Bettyjane Grey, Kindergarten Teacher; Bennett,
Catherine Brennan, Fifth Grade Teacher, Joyce Whitson, Custodian II; Beville
Middle, Mary Catabui, Sixth Grade Teacher, Dominick Graziano, Principal, Suzanne
Johnson, Language Arts Teacher, April Moore, Sixth Grade Teacher, and Janice
Murphy, Custodian I;
Brentsville District High, David Przybocki, Mathematics Teacher, Emma Ritenour, Cafeteria Worker, and William Teel, Science Teacher; and Coles Elementary, Sandra Tuccio, LD Teacher, and Cathy Wolfrey, EMR Teacher Assistant;
Dale City Elementary, Karen Lipinski, Second Grade Teacher; Dumfries Elementary, Jeanette Gregory, Third Grade Teacher, and Barbara Hurst, Guidance Counselor; Enterprise Elementary, Freda Whetzel, Custodian II; Gar-Field High, Nancy Hagy, ED Teacher; Godwin Middle, Vernice Turner, Gifted Education Teacher;
Hylton High, Robert Atkins, Guidance Counselor, Alfred Eaton, Technology Education Teacher, Karen Garon, Foreign Language Teacher, Wesley Jones, Foreign Language Teacher, Stephan Prifti, Drafting Teacher, Patricia Sullivan-Perry, Guidance Counselor, and Laura Wyatt, Social Studies Teacher;
Independent Hill School, Sylvia Parks, TMR Teacher Assistant; Kerrydale Elementary, Betty Leassear, Fifth Grade Teacher; Kilby Elementary Donna Byrne, Fifth Grade Teacher, Ora Glass, Teacher Assistant, and Ellen Good, Preschool Teacher; Lake Ridge Elementary, Judith Compton, Gifted Education Teacher, Christine Joswick, Fifth Grade
Teacher, and Elaine White, Severe/Profound Teacher Assistant; Lake Ridge Middle, Mary Miles, Cafeteria Manager II; Lynn Middle, Shirley Coleman, Mathematics Teacher and Michael Weiss, Technology Education Teacher;
Marsteller Middle,
George Broyles, Science Teacher, Kathleen Caiazzo, Mathematics Teacher, Robert
Henninger, Technology Education Teacher, Terry Mauller, Guidance Counselor, and
Janice Shaffer, Cafeteria Worker;
Marumsco Hills Elementary, Dianne Mutschall, Fifth Grade Teacher; and, at Minnieville Elementary, Patricia Johnson, Custodial Manager I; Mountain View Elementary, Lyn McElwee, Principal, and Laura Ponder, Second Grade Teacher;
Mullen Elementary, Lillian Blackwell, Second Grade Teacher, Nancy Childers, Kindergarten Teacher, Anne Cohick, Preschool Teacher, Patricia Graap, Multi-Age Teacher, and Kathy Graziano, First Grade Teacher;
Nokesville Elementary, Sandra Martin, Third Grade Teacher; Osbourn Park High School, Judith Bridges, Librarian and Trina Sheckels-McFarland, Art Teacher; PACE West, Gary Minor, Custodian III; and, at Parkside Middle, Skyles Calhoun, Acting Assistant Principal, and June Settle, ISS Teacher Assistant; Pattie Elementary, Joyce Matthews, First Grade Teacher; PWEA, Meg Gruber, President;
Potomac High, Patricia Emmons, Social Studies Teacher, Wanda Higgins, Social Studies Teacher, Penny Lake, Language Arts Teacher, Margaret Scoleri, Business Education Teacher, and Linda Snyder, LD Teacher Assistant;
Potomac View Elementary, Betty Burgess, Second Grade Teacher; Rippon Middle, Gloria Davis, Assistant Cafeteria Manager, and Thomas Peterman, Health and PE Teacher; River Oaks Elementary, Lynn Kerr, Title I Teacher;
Rockledge Elementary, Barbara Ours, First Grade Teacher; Saunders Middle, Melba Fox, Language Arts Teacher, Tawana Frye, LD Teacher Assistant, Karen Majeske, LD Teacher, and Sandra Price, Art Teacher; Sinclair Elementary, Karla Lilley, First Grade Teacher; Springwoods Elementary, Constance Greathouse, Second Grade Teacher, Gail Markiewicz, Third Grade Teacher, and Linda Stanbridge, Third Grade Teacher;
Stonewall Jackson High, Ellen Baldwin, Custodian II, Patsy Brizzi, Business Education Teacher,
Constance Giorgio, IB Coordinator, Linda Hall, Foreign Language Teacher;
Stonewall Middle, Donald Morgan, Mathematics
Teacher, and Billie Mullins, Custodial Manager II;
Triangle Elementary, Sharon Urquhart, Art Teacher; Tyler Elementary, Deborah Murschell, First Grade Teacher, and Nancy Thaete, Librarian; West Gate Elementary, Kim Anderson, ESL Teacher Assistant, Margaret Stewart, Title I Teacher; Woodbine School, Linda Franzello, Preschool Teacher Assistant, and Pam Miller, Preschool Teacher;
Woodbridge High, Nancy Alvis, Business Education Teacher, Ernest Campbell, Assistant Principal, and Elizabeth Catron, Language Arts Teacher, Ellen Chirdon, Cafeteria Worker, Gene Dew, Technology Education Teacher, James Edwards, Mathematics Teacher, Robert Everton, Marketing Teacher, Richard Hilleary, Health and PE Teacher, Alison Prevost, Hearing Teacher, Arthur Rodgers, Driver Education Teacher, and Catherine Turner, Language Arts Teacher;
Woodbridge Middle, Jane Blackburn, Sixth Grade
Teacher, and Jay Shorter, Health and PE Teacher; Yorkshire Elementary, Saffan
Andolsun, First Grade Teacher, and Lillian Denver, Custodial Manager I.
Transportation Department - Barbara Baughman, Bus Driver, Jeanne Blatt, Bus
Attendant, Donald Burke, Custodial Manager I, Cheryl Hodson, Bus Attendant,
Joan Houston, Bus Driver, Linda Howes, Bus Attendant, Daryl Lee, Bus Mechanic
III, Nannie Leonard, Bus Driver, Charles Midgette, Bus Mechanic III, Faye
Mills, Bus Driver, Delores Smith, Bus Attendant, and Kathy Stovall, Cluster
Leader.
Central office employees who will be honored for twenty years of service include Gail Vadeboncoeur, Executive Secretary I, Information Services; Richard Shahan, Video Production Coordinator, Media Productions; Elwood Carner, Electronics Tech I, Ernest Kerns, Plumber II, and Gary Perdue, Shop Crew Chief, Plant Maintenance; Joan Brown, Secretary II, Purchasing; Mary Clendaniel, Hearing Teacher, Karen Dauer, Diagnostician, Cary Dougher, Supervisor, Preschool/Child Find; and Susan Perkins, Executive Secretary I, Special Education; Randall Knack, Psychologist, and Margaret Weathers, Attendance Officer, Student Services. Also, Doug Johnson, Mail Courier, and Sandra Willt, Material Control Specialist, Supply Services.
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