With a combined total of 1,354 years of service to the field of education, 55 Aiken County Public School employees were honored and celebrated at a retirement dinner held Monday, May 20 at 6:00 p.m. at Newberry Hall in downtown Aiken.
Among the retirees are Adult Education director Pat Keating and Oakwood Windsor Principal Lynne Shrader, with 30 and 41 years of service to K-12 students, respectively. Mrs. Shrader retires with the greatest number of years dedicated to education of all retirees for the 2018-19 school year.
The District will bid farewell to beloved teachers at every level, including Kathy Linton, East Aiken School of the Arts’ Physical Education Teacher who was a member of the 2015-16 Teacher of the Year Honor Court.
Also retiring is long-time Secretary to the Board of Education Vicky Durden and school counselor Jane Kaplenski.
Custodians who’ve impacted the lives of generations of students and helped to instill in our youth a pride in their work will soon mop a school cafeteria floor for the last time. Secretaries will cheerfully answer their last on the job phone call, bus drivers will safely transport students home on their last career route, and school food service workers will serve a healthy helping to their last students.
“Serving our community in the field of education is a noble calling.” District Superintendent Dr. Sean Alford commented. “We are grateful to each of these retirees for their dedication to our students and their families and certainly wish them the absolute best that retirement has to offer.”
Retirees Include:
Shannon Brown, Mossy Creek Elementary School, 28 Years of Service
Sharon Brown, Byrd Elementary School, 37 Years of Service
Shannon Brown, Mossy Creek Elementary School, 28 Years of Service
Diane Chassereau , North Augusta Middle School, 22 Years of Service
Terri Chavous, Mossy Creek Elementary School, 8 Years of Service
Aron Chisholm, Chukker Creek Elementary School, 20 Years of Service
Samantha Chostner, Leavelle McCampbell Middle School, 28 Years of Service
Vannetta Corley, Ridge Spring Monetta Middle/High School, 6 Years of Service
Mark Cota, Division of Instruction, 32 Years of Service
Charlotte Dodson, Redcliffe Elementary/New Ellenton Steam Magnet School, 36 Years of Service
Rhonda Douglas, Aiken County Career Center, 37 Years of Service
Jeanette Dudley, South Aiken High School, 26 Years of Service
Vicky Durden, District Office, 30 Years of Service
Tammy Fields, South Aiken High School, 18 Years of Service
Andy Fralix, Clearwater Elementary School, 11 Years of Service
Deborah Freeman, Mossy Creek Elementary School, 28.5 Years of Service
Alice Hair, North Aiken Elementary School, 29 Years of Service
Laurie Hamlett, Mossy Creek Elementary School, 25 Years of Service
Sharon Harrison, South Aiken High School, 24 Years of Service
Kimberly Hawley, Kennedy Middle School, 28 Years of Service
Shirley Hayward, North Aiken Elementary School, 32 Years of Service
Cathy Hesselink, Corbett Middle School, 30 Years of Service
Alex Hillary, Mossy Creek Elementary School, 25 Years of Service
Karen Holbrook, Special Programs Department, 29 Years of Service
Debra Holloway, Hammond Hill Elementary, 26 Years of Service
Martha Hutto, South Aiken High School, 28 Years of Service
Janet Jeter-Nwachukwu, North Aiken Elementary School, 22 Years of Service
Pink Jones, Jr., Maintenance Department, 19 Years of Service
Jane Kaplenski, Paul Knox Middle School, 29.5 Years of Service
Patrick Keating, District Office, 30 Years of Service
Victor Lancaster, Aiken High School, 20 Years of Service
Marni Lawson, Chukker Creek Elementary School, 28 Years of Service
Jacqueline Lenarz, Chukker Creek Elementary School, 15 Years of Service
Kathryn Linton, East Aiken School of the Arts, 22 Years of Service
Franklin Mars, Maintenance Department, 28 Years of Service
Cynthia Mobley, Ridge Spring Monetta Middle/High School, 40 Years of Service
Lisa Montgomery, Millbrook Elementary School, 30 Years of Service
Betty Myers, North Augusta High School, 28 Years of Service
Diane Polk, Busbee Elementary School, 16 Years of Service
Sandra Reown, Freedman Early Learning Center, 15 Years of Service
Albert Roberson, Jr., Aiken High School, 13 Years of Service
Mary Robinson, North Augusta Middle School, 26 Years of Service
Priscilla Roundtree, Jackson Middle STEM School, 18 Years of Service
Lynne Shrader, Oakwood/Windsor Elementary School, 41 Years of Service
Paula Simmons, Aiken Elementary School, 32 Years of Service
Deborah Smith, Aiken Middle School, 31 Years of Service
Sherri Snyder, Kennedy Middle School, 35 Years of Service
Barbara Stokes, Oakwood/Windsor Elementary School, 10 Years of Service
Fannie Walker, Aiken High School, 18 Years of Service
Linda Walker, East Aiken School of the Arts, 32 Years of Service
Cynthia Williams, Silver Bluff High School, 29 Years of Service
Mary Wilson, Midland Valley School, 34 Years of Service
Patricia Wood, South Aiken High School, 25 Years of Service
Debra Workman, Jefferson Elementary School, 24 Years of Service
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