LPS to Celebrate Retiring Staff in May
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LPS to Celebrate Retiring Staff in May
Liberty Public Schools will host its annual Retiring Staff Reception and Program on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. It will be held from 4:30-6 p.m. at the Liberty High School Performing Arts Center.
Light snacks will be provided during the reception and retiring staff in attendance will receive their commemorative bell during the program.
Retiring staff attending the program include:
- Melody Myer (Discovery Middle School)
- Pat Jones (Franklin Elementary)
- Anita Gonino (Discovery Middle School)
- Jeff Baird (Transportation)
- Cheryl Peña (Liberty North High School)
- Anne Deaver (Discovery Middle School)
- April Mundhenke (South Valley Middle School)
- Debbie Wallace (Warren Hills Elementary)
- Kathy Harmon (South Valley Middle School)
- Robbi Ferrara (Warren Hills ELementary)
- Tracey Kracht (Liberty High School)
- Kathy Larson (Discovery Middle School)
- Margaret Solis (Ridgeview Elementary)
- Gary Majors (District Administration Center)
- Daisy Rivas (Liberty High School)
We invite anyone interested in supporting these staff members to join them at the reception and program.
Several of our retiring staff members will not be able to attend, but we would still like to recognize them and thank them for their time with LPS. Those include:
- Ron Ludwig (Liberty High School)
- Greg Wickham (Liberty North High School)
- Regina Combs (Early Childhood Center)
- Kathy Sternecker (Discovery Middle School)
- Jamie Young (Heritage Middle School)
- Christine Torres (EPiC Elementary)
- Brian Rockers (Liberty North High School)
- Carol Robertson (Liberty Oaks Elementary)
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