Date:  May 1, 2003
Contact: Irene Cromer
(703) 791-8720

Lillian Orlich, a guidance counselor and fifty-year employee of the school division, was among some 232 employees recognized for 20, 25, 30, 35, or 50 years of service at a School Board reception on Wednesday, April 30 at Saunders Middle School.  The employees received service pins and 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 were recognized at their work locations with pins and bonuses of $100, $200, and $300, respectively. 

Miss Orlich, a guidance counselor at Osbourn Park High School, came to Osbourn High School, then a county school, in 1950, having just completed graduate school, to teach English and social studies. 

“The principal introduced me as the ‘girl from Manhattan’,” recalls Orlich, a New York native, “I can even remember what I was wearing.” 

Except for a brief period in the 1960s when she left the area to become a vice principal in New Jersey, Orlich has been with Prince William County Schools ever since, serving at various times as teacher, eighth grade coordinator, and, since 1970, as a full-time guidance counselor.  A Manassas-area institution, she counts among her former pupils a mayor, judges, generals, and educators, more than a few of whom have already retired.
Five years ago, when she received her 45-year pin, Orlich shared that she was “going for fifty.”  Her loyalty, dedication and tenacity have been and continue to be an inspiration to generations of students.  Orlich was feted at a gala at Osbourn Park on April 26.
A list of service pin recipients, their work locations and positions is attached.

Fifty Years
Lillian Orlich, Guidance Counselor, Osbourn Park High. 

Thirty-Five Years
James Ayers, Mathematics Teacher, Rippon Middle; Thomas Carter, Director of Special Education; Carolyn Cornwell, Fifth Grade Teacher, Lake Ridge Elementary; Barbara Fair, Fourth Grade Teacher, Coles Elementary; Louise Liming, Cafeteria Manager II, Graham Park Middle; James Lowney, Guidance Director, Lake Ridge Middle; Elizabeth McCuin, School Bus/Lead Driver, Transportation; and Catherine Phillips, Second Grade Teacher, Coles Elementary.

Also, Linda Schick, Sixth Grade Teacher, Saunders Middle; Faith Sprouse, Cafeteria Worker, Bel Air Elementary; Gary Stoneburner, Health and PE Teacher, Lake Ridge Middle; Teddy Taylor, Social Studies Teacher, Graham Park Middle; Margaret Wade, Elementary Music Teacher, Signal Hill Elementary; Mary Watkins, Language Arts Teacher, Saunders Middle; and Linda Young, Social Studies Teacher, Osbourn Park High

Thirty Years
Denny Anderson, Assistant Principal, Montclair Elementary; Michael Babuschak, Art Teacher, Potomac High; Charlene Bowie, School Bus Driver, Transportation; Barbara Bowman, School Bus/Lead Driver, Transportation; Linda Brletic, Second Grade Teacher, Rockledge Elementary; Nancy Burns, Social Studies Teacher, Stonewall Middle; Jean Cahall, Marketing Teacher, Osbourn Park High; and Janice Carr, Library Media Assistant, Beville Middle. 

Also, Mary Cifranic, Sixth Grade Teacher, Benton Middle; Ronald Clarke, High School 
Assistant Principal, Woodbridge High; Tom Colbert, Environmental Management Specialist, Plant Operations; Susan Creekmore, Kindergarten Teacher, West Gate Elementary; W. Dwight Edmonds, Guidance Director, Parkside Middle; Margaret Evans, Executive Secretary I, Executive Administration; Roswitha Fick, Cafeteria Worker, Rippon Middle; and Carol Fox, Work and Family Studies Teacher, Woodbridge Middle.

Also, Anthony Futyma, Sixth Grade Teacher, Beville Middle; Richard Galante, Administrative Coordinator, Special Education; Stephen George, Director of Data Processing; Mary Hammond, School Bus Senior Driver, Transportation; June Harlow, Kindergarten Teacher Assistant, Bennett Elementary; Ancil Helton, Custodial Manager II, Bull Run Middle; and Michelle Henley, Social Studies Teacher, Godwin Middle.

Also, Nancye Hickerson, Secretary II, Stonewall High; Barbara Hicks, Transition Employment Specialist, Special Education; Kenneth Hicks, Science Teacher, Forest Park High; Marta Iglesias, Custodian II, Loch Lomond Elementary; Sandra Karnaszewski, Transition Employment Specialist, Special Education; Herman Lewis, Sixth Grade Teacher, Rippon Middle; and Allen Main, Technology Education Teacher, Woodbridge High.
Also, Nell Mann, EMR. Teacher Assistant, Coles Elementary; Donald Mason, Administrative Coordinator, Construction; Jeanie May, Executive Secretary II, Area 2; Nancy Mayhew, Second Grade Teacher, Dale City Elementary; Kathryn McNeely, Second Grade Teacher, Belmont Elementary; Michael McQuary, Marketing Teacher, Hylton High; and Linda Mesa, First Grade Teacher, River Oaks Elementary.

Also, Kristine Morrison, Fifth Grade Teacher, Penn Elementary; Aloyse Murphy, Fourth 
Grade Teacher, Occoquan Elementary; Gary Outman, Art Teacher, Westridge Elementary; Deborah Paolino, School Bus Senior Driver, Transportation; Mary Posey, Executive Secretary II, Executive Administration; Marilyn Quinn, Fifth Grade Teacher, Coles Elementary, and Brenda Raflo, Elementary Librarian, Bel Air Elementary.

Also, Joan Roche, Guidance Counselor, Gar-Field High; Sharon Sampsell, Social Studies Teacher, Osbourn Park High; Stephen Sawyer, Social Studies Teacher, Gar-Field High; Robert Seymour, Bus Mechanic III, Transportation; Karen Sheedy, Fourth Grade Teacher, Nokesville Elementary; Dennis Silveri, Gifted Education Teacher, Lake Ridge Middle; and Donna Skrobala, Health and PE Teacher, Woodbridge Middle.

Also, Madeline Snyder, Guidance Counselor, Brentsville District High; Cheryl Spencer, Elementary Reading Teacher, Dale City Elementary; Sandra Strychowski, Library Media Assistant, King Elementary; Hazel Sykes, Third Grade Teacher, Marumsco Hills Elementary; Joseph Wheeler, Science Teacher, Gar-Field High; Karla Wickett, Second Grade Teacher, Montclair Elementary; and Gary Winkler, Technology Education Teacher, Godwin Middle.
Also, Darlene Wooley, Art Teacher, Gar-Field High; Emily Wright, Second Grade Teacher, Pattie Elementary, Anne Youngblood, Second Grade Teacher, Coles Elementary; and Nicholas Zurko, Mathematics Teacher, Woodbridge High.

Twenty-Five Years
Shirley Aldridge, Bus Attendant, Transportation; Sandra Bailey, Account Clerk I, Transportation; Rose Billingsley, School Bus Driver, Transportation; Frederick Blackman, Guidance Counselor, Osbourn Park High; Susan Bona-Bonacquisti, Health and PE Teacher,  Woodbridge High; Esther Burke, Accounting Technician, Plant Operations; Cheryl Butler, Executive Secretary I, Food Services; and Florence Cadogan, Mathematics Teacher, Osbourn Park High.

Also, Rene Campbell, Supervisor of Secondary Personnel; Mary Centola, Mathematics Teacher, Gar-Field High; Tony Christiano, Sixth Grade Teacher, Marsteller Middle; Rose Cooper, School Bus Driver, Transportation; Brenda Crisp, Executive Secretary I, Plant Maintenance; Marjorie Davis, Preschool Teacher Assistant, Signal Hill Elementary; Kathleen Dixon, Secretary II, Transportation; and Roni Dorman, Language Arts Teacher, Saunders Middle.

Also, Molly Drago, LD Teacher Assistant, Marsteller Middle; Dorothy Eberly, School Bus Driver/Special Education, Transportation; Beverly Ellis, Social Studies Teacher, Forest Park High; Nita Faught, Curriculum and Staff Development; Teresa Flanagan, Librarian, Sinclair Elementary; Sharon Fortenberry, Guidance Counselor, Hylton High; Leslie Garber, Third Grade Teacher, Marumsco Hills Elementary; Mary Garduno, Principal, PACE West; and Margaret Gnadt, Title I Teacher, Kerrydale Elementary.
Also, Melvin Goodwyn, Administrative Coordinator, Speciality Program, Woodbridge High; Mary Harrison, School Bus Driver, Transportation; Gayle Hawkins, Bookkeeper I/Secretary, Marshall Elementary; Arlene Hill, Vision Teacher, Special Education; Janet Hoover, EMR Teacher, Bel Air Elementary; Annamarie Horowitz, Executive Secretary I, Construction; Amy Jordan, Principal, Ashland Elementary; and Eowana Jordan, Librarian, West Gate Elementary.

Also, Marcelyn Kiesnowski, Second Grade Teacher, Sinclair Elementary; Linda Kincheloe, Finance Training Specialist, Finance; Mary King, Gifted Education Teacher, Curriculum Services; Linda Kirk, School Bus Driver/Special Education, Transportation; Vanessa Kozmon, Guidance Counselor, Parkside Middle; Kenneth Krieger, Driver Education Teacher, Forest Park High; and Jeanne Laabs, Secretary II, Rockledge Elementary.

Also, Diana Lambert-Aikens, Principal, West Gate Elementary; Deborah Landry, Mathematics Teacher, Benton Middle; Herbert Levin, ESOL Teacher, Woodbridge High; Barry Maguire, Language Arts Teacher, Potomac High; Bettie Martin, Custodial Manager I, Triangle Elementary; Betty McCary, ED Teacher, Godwin Middle; Velda McCrae, Third Grade Teacher, Lake Ridge Elementary; and Robert Miller, Marketing Teacher, Gar-Field High.

Also, Carol Mills, Elementary Music Teacher, Rockledge Elementary; Debra Mitchell, Student Attendant, Ann Ludwig School; Glenda Moffett, Gifted Education Teacher, Curriculum Services; Loren Moore, Furnishings Shop Mechanic III, Plant Maintenance; Jennifer Morrow, Quality Control Specialist, Plant Operations; Deborah Moyers, Choral Teacher, Gar-Field High; and Ruth Natale, Secretary II, Special Education.
Also, Alison Nourse-Miller, Area Associate Superintendent, Area 1; Thomas Parisi, Health and PE Teacher, Lake Ridge Middle; Marianne Parker, PE Teacher, Cedar Point Elementary; Thomas Phelan, Language Arts Teacher, Stonewall High; Frances Poplin, School Bus Driver, Transportation; Linda Posey, Secretary III, Curriculum Services; and Susan Powell, Principal, Yorkshire Elementary.

Also, Lawanda Prince, Custodian II, Gar-Field High; Estelle Reid, School Bus Senior Driver, Transportation; Diana Rich, Third Grade Teacher, Montclair Elementary; Paul Rischard, Gifted Education Teacher, Hylton High; Janice Sisk, Secretary II, Curriculum Services, Bette Sneed, Administrative Coordinator, Adult Education, Curriculum Services; Terri Spenceley, Social Studies Teacher, Saunders Middle; and Larry Stanley, Truck Driver, Supply Services.

Also, Janet Stohler, Second Grade Teacher, Belmont Elementary; Judith Sunderland, Fifty Grade Teacher, Kerrydale Elementary; Serena Suthers, Director off Food Services; Shirline Taylor, Foreign Language Teacher, Stonewall High; Joan Tolson, School Bus Driver, Transportation; Michael Trowbridge, Strings Teacher, Gar-Field High; Christa Vaughen Duvon, Art Teacher, Woodbridge Middle; and Mary White, LD Teacher, Osbourn Park High.

Also, Barbara Williams, Custodian II, Featherstone Elementary; Gerald Williams, Driver Education Teacher, Forest Park High; and Sharon Woods, First Grade Teacher, Bennett Elementary.

Twenty Years
Mary Alexander, Library Media Assistant, Occoquan Elementary; Jon Allen, Building Engineer II, Plant Maintenance; Angela Atwater, Elementary School Principal, Antietam Elementary; Nila Baker, Kindergarten Teacher Assistant, Mountain View Elementary; W. Paul Barrett, Health & PE Teacher, Gar-Field High; Elizabeth Berenik, Custodian II, King Elementary; and Joyce Bernick, Kindergarten Teacher Assistant, Bristow Run Elementary.
Also, Linda Beville, Choral Teacher, Brentsville District High; Cheryl Bonat, Mathematics Teacher, Woodbridge High; Gertrude Brenner, Cafeteria Manager II, Occoquan Elementary; Constance Bukzin, Social Studies Teacher, Woodbridge Middle; Susan Burns, LD Resource Teacher, Lake Ridge Middle; Arlene Burton, Custodian II, Marsteller Middle; Gloria Bush, Fourth Grade Teacher, Minnieville Elementary; and Shirley Byrd, LD Resource Teacher, Gar-Field High.

Also, Thelma Cahoon, Instructional Support Team Member, Curriculum Services; Dawn Cajigas, Work & Family Studies Teacher, Saunders Middle; Jerilyn Christensen, Director of Information Services; Beverley Chura, Sixth Grade Teacher, Woodbridge Middle; Brenda Collier, Guidance Director, Benton Middle; Jerry Combs, Health and PE Teacher, Graham Park Middle; and Cynthia Connolly-Slevin, Librarian, Sudley Elementary.

Also, Carolyn Dunn, LD Teacher, Mullen Elementary; Evelyn Evatt, Cafeteria Worker, Gar-Field High; Mary Flanagan, Physical Therapist, Special Education; Nancy Gignilliat, Third Grade Teacher, Neabsco Elementary; Rita Goble, Mathematics Teacher, Forest Park High; Salvatore Guarniere, Health and PE Teacher, Benton Middle; Betty Harris, Cafeteria Worker, Woodbridge Middle; and Janice Harris, Custodial Manager II, Rippon Middle.
Also, E. Kendall Hayes, Driver Education Teacher, Potomac High; Ingrid Hedrick, Language Arts Teacher, Beville Middle; Kay Hermeling, Principal, Coles Elementary; Karin Hickman, Elementary Art Teacher, Enterprise Elementary; Rebecca Hill, Cluster Leader, Transportation; Robert Horwath, Supervisor of Budget, Finance; and Suzanne Hurlow, Band Teacher, Woodbridge Middle.

Also, Rosalind Jacobs, In-School Suspension Teacher Assistant, Potomac High; Sallyann Keehan, Guidance Counselor, Saunders Middle; Roselind Lane, Secretary II, Mountain View Elementary; Felda Lehto, Foreign Language Teacher, Woodbridge High; Gloa Lilly, Cafeteria Manager II, Benton Middle; Maryann Margheim, Registrar, Potomac High; and Edwin McClure, Mathematics Teacher, Woodbridge High.

Also, Kathleen Messick, Language Arts Teacher, Lynn Middle; Gwendolyn Neary, Secretary III, Plant Operations; Joyce Osburn, Elementary Librarian, Old Bridge Elementary; Sharen Overand, Second Grade Teacher, Westridge Elementary; Antoinette Payne, Alternative Education Teacher, New Dominion Alternative School; Sharon Payne, Language Arts Teacher, Woodbridge Middle; and Frances Phoenix, Mathematics Teacher, Graham Park Middle.

Also, Michele Porter, EMR Teacher, Potomac View Elementary; Shirley Posey, Cluster Leader, Transportation; Gregory Prifti, Technology Education Teacher, Hylton High; Christine Rainey, Assistant Cafeteria Manager, Brentsville District High; Sandra Reid, Custodial Manager I, Springwoods Elementary; Susan Reilly, Science Teacher, Osbourn Park High; and Kelly Rice, Custodial Services Coordinator, Plant Operations.

Also, Ronald Shepherd, Air Conditioning Mechanic III, Plant Maintenance; Patricia Shipley, Language Arts Teacher, Benton Middle; Kathryn Simon, Mathematics Teacher, Gar-Field High; Deborah Skiffington, Foreign Language Teacher, Gar-Field High; Malinda Spencer, Mathematics Teacher, Saunders Middle; Linda Sprouse, Cafeteria Worker, Woodbridge High; and Mary Steelberg, Assistant Cafeteria Manager, Potomac High.

Also, Mildred Thomas, Work Leader, Saunders Middle; Debra Trowbridge, Strings Teacher, Nokesville Elementary; Joann Vandesand, First Grade Teacher, Springwoods Elementary; Jeanette Viar, Systems Operator II, Data Processing; Michelle Wentzel, ED Teacher, Stonewall High; Jewel Winebarger, Secretary II, Forest Park High; G. Phyllis Yankey, Severe Disabilities Teaching Assistant, Mullen Elementary; and Fraida Zusman, Elementary Reading Teacher, Occoquan Elementary.