001thank you for being patient during our technical difficulties I am going to start over from the beginning not sure exactly where we got interrupted but we will start from the beginning again good afternoon and welcome to the 2019 2020 end of the year staff celebration I want to thank everyone for their role in another great school year you start out most years you make plans yet just as needed and then you move on from day to day well this year our flexibility creativity and resolve were challenged like no other year thank you for your role in continuous learning over the last quarter of the school year here is hoping that you all have a super summer and we are all back to our new normal which will be more like our old normal I always
002enjoy this event and the recognition that we can give our wonderful staff members in USD 244 and the Coffee County special education cooperative Awards can be picked up at the central office anytime between June 1 and June 5 the first Awards I want to present are from the Kansas Masonic Lodge for exemplary teaching dan Allen usually presents these awards for the Masonic Lodge I will be pinch-hitting for Danny today here's hoping Dan will be back with us next year and we'll all be together from Burlington elementary school Jan Martin nominators said of Jan she builds such an amazing bond with her students she truly looks out for their best interests Jan is a team player she shares willingly takes time from her day-to-day activities to help her fellow staff members and she genuinely cares about
003her colleagues congratulations Jan Marty from Burlington middle school Kristy / nominators said of Kristy over she is very comfortable in her classroom and she loves her students she tries to explain things in different ways to make sure student get it congratulations Christie over also from Burlington middle school Jeana Engel nominators said of Jeana she goes above and beyond in her classroom she is always creating a fun conducing a conducive environment for learning she has hands-on activities constantly going on in her room and she is dedicated to her students congratulations Jeana inkle from Burlington High School Debra Parker nominators said of mrs. Parker Deborah does a great job building relationships with her students she takes the time to truly work with every student to help them improve on their skills she has a fun personality and
004the sense of humor which make being in her class a fun place to be congratulations Debra Parker from our district Craig Kuhlman nominator said up Craig Craig is dedicated to his job putting himself out there for staff students and parents to try to make technology better in the district he also hopes on working on scheduling helping to create curriculum and creating a positive environment for all congratulations Craig coolin I want to thank Dan Allen and the Masons for supporting us d24 for teachers you can all give them a round of applause if you want to at your own home I'm sure they will hear it and feel it the next group of staff to celebrate is our USD 244 service awards for 5 10 15 20 25 30 and 35 years of service this group
005of people have shown many years of dedication to students and staff in our district that is definitely greatly appreciated the five years of service staff Award winners are Linda Hopkins Deanne parks Brian R and Joe Sprague my van der linden continuing on with more five years of service awards Rochelle worm Carolyn Brown Whitney doc Minh Sarah Eriksson wanita good more five year winners Award winners are Larry did read Sharon point Carol Jones crystal kistner amber Madden also five-year award winners Catherine temple Renee Strider Sharon Sharon April Sanders and Evelyn McGinnis you can give them a round of applause if you would like to if you're home again I'm sure they won't feel it our 10-year Service Award winners Marshall Burke Levine Adobe Lee Tate and Pat Rasika again we'll give them a round of applause
006our 15-year service staff are Jennifer Anderson Suzie baby Evelyn Ervin Chuck Schuester Allen Schwartz Dorothy Schwarz and Andy Thompson again we'll give those people a round of applause our 30-year service award winners are Cindy Dwight Mark Engle and Doug Van der Linden again we'll give those people a round of applause we thank all of these people for their skills abilities and talents that they show on a daily basis and their commitment to us d24 congratulations and thank you very much the next award that we have is the University of Kansas they honor teaching staff that have 25 years of teaching experience this year we honor Cindy Devlin Cindy is currently a title 1 teacher at Burlington elementary school we thank Cindy for her years of service to the profession and look forward to many more
007years of excellent service in USD 244 again I ask that you all give Cindy a round of applause wherever you may be we do have some retirees in the district that we want to celebrate our first retiree is Sharon white Sharon point was a paraprofessional for USD two for five southern Coffee County from 2015 to 2020 she worked with grades six through eight Sharon cared very deeply about the kids and wanted to see them be successful they all have a special place in her heart we appreciate her service to the students and staff in USD two four five and wish her well in her retirement our next retiree is Judy Smith Judy Smith was a paraprofessional that retired from Burlington middle school in Judy served the district from August 1993 to December 28 1904 many
008duties for the district before and after school on many occasions you could see and hear Judy as the voice of the Bobcats at basketball and track events we thank Judy for her many years of outstanding service to the kids and staff in us d24 for our next retiree is justina decker Justyna decker was a bus driver from october 2014 to February of 2020 transporting many kids on daily routes and activities Justyna took a very special calling and with her job and she wanted to make sure that the kids felt comfortable on the bus and she wanted to make sure above and beyond everything she's that kids got there safe Justyna was willing to give up many evenings and Saturdays to drive kids to out-of-town activities safely we wish Justina well in her retirement our next
009retiree is Bruce Hardin Bruce was a mechanic for USD 244 from January of 2003 to May of 2020 he was the person behind scenes that help to make sure our vehicles were ready for our students and staff for the many trips that occurred each school here Bruce was a reliable employee that would be missed by duck roar and everyone at the bus partner barn our last retiree John cotton Meyer John cotton Meyer serve kids for 28 years in education he was in USD two for four for the past 11 years John was a dedicated staff member that I got to know over the past four years when I spent time with him at the BES hug and go in the morning we often talked and we visited about many different things I enjoyed my conversations
010with John over the years and we'll miss my time spent with him talking about his kids the Royals and the Chiefs and many other topics Jon's colleagues have prepared a skip for him to send him off to retirement