Successful school systems are built on the backs on experienced teachers and the teachers who will retire from Rutherford County Schools this year will be sorely missed, Director of Schools Harry Gill Jr. said.
“Thank you for teaching children and making a better future. … Each of you played a significant role in our school system,” Gill continued.
Rutherford County Schools honored the 58 teachers and principals who are retiring at the end of the year Wednesday afternoon.
Earlier this year, the system offered a voluntary buyout of teachers with more than 15 years experience but less than 25 years experience. The buyout was intended to plug part of a $1.1 million gap in the school board’s budget.
Of the 58 retiring teachers 38 took the system’s offer.
Now that the teachers are facing days of sleeping late, County Commissioner and retired teacher Joyce Ealy had some advice.
“The main thing is to stay involved and remember it’s just another stage in life,” she said.
The retiring teachers are as follows:
Judith Arnold, Kittrell Elementary School
Monica Dawn Barrett, Siegel Middle School
Marylene Barrett, Smyrna Primary School
Stan Baskin, Homer Pittard Campus School
Kenneth Bilbrey, Smyrna Middle Schools
Johnnie Boyd, Stewarts Creek Middle School
Sandra Bryson, Oakland High School
Lt. Col. Cal Calloway, La Vergne High School
Butch Campbell, Walter Hill Elementary School
Milbrey Campbell, Smyrna Primary School
Danny Clemons, Central Office, Maintenance
Ronald Couey, Central Middle School
Charles Curlee, Central Office Maintenance
Thomas Edwin Davis, Blackman Middle School
George DeHoff, Daniel McKee Alternative School
Eleanor Dowdy, Smyrna Elementary School
Jerry Faulk, Siegel High School
Peggy Frazier, Siegel Middle School
Nancy Gray, Smyrna Primary School
Sandra Harriman, Blackman Elementary School
Raymond Haynes, Oakland High School
Susanne Hebden, Oakland High School
Roy D. Henson, Smyrna West Alternative School
Catherine Herbert, Blackman Elementary School
Lillian Hill, Stewarts Creek Elementary School
Rebecca “Becky” Hofstetter, Blackman High School
Linda A. Jackson, Blackman High School
Charles Palmer Jones, Riverdale High School
Diane Kelley, Wilson Elementary School
Judy Kelley, Eagleville School
Janie King, La Vergne High School
Robert “Pops” Knapp, Rockvale Elementary School
Kathyrn Knight, Central Office, Title I
Cheryl Lane, Ccentral Office, Title I
Joan Clark Mann, Homer Pittard Campus School
Dr. Josie McCamish, Central Office, Spectrum
Patricia McGinnis, Blackman Middle School
Rosalyn Gayle McGregor, Adult Education
Gary Mullican, Blackman Middle School
Patsy Newberry, Stewartsboro Elementary School
Gloria Nolan, Siegel Middle School
Ronald Parham, Eagleville School
Ruthan Patient, Rockvale Elementary School
Lynn Gannon Patterson, David Youree Elementary School
Lee Ferrel Polk, La Vergne High School
Lady Ruth Reeves, Blackman Middle School
Karen Shaffer, La Vergne Primary and Roy Waldron schools
Rhonda C. Smith, La Vergne High School
Vicky B. Smith, La Vergne High School
Jerry “Coonie” Smotherman, Christiana Elementary School
Sheila Smotherman, Christiana Elementary School
Forrestine Spence, Homer Pittard Campus School
Judy Templeton, Wilson Elementary School
Maxine Thompson, Smyrna High School
Nancy Trail, Buchanan Elementary School
Dr. Michael “Mickey” Vanzant, Blackman High School
William “Butch” Vaughn, Oakland High School
Peggy Woods, Davd Youree Elementary School |
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