Albany

Brenda Summers, speech pathology, South Albany High/Lafayette Elementary schools, 32 years.

Sue Bevington, music, Calapooia Middle School, 31 years.

Margaret Martin, third grade, Sunrise Elementary School, 31 years. Martin is returning half time next year on special contract.

Bill Kinkley, P.E., Memorial Middle School, 30 years.

Linda Martindale, third grade, Clover Ridge Elementary School, 30 years.

Katherine Long, first grade, Fir Grove Primary, 30 years.

Leslie Romine, 2nd grade, Lafayette, 30 years.

Melvin “Burl” Wheaton, fifth grade, Periwinkle Elementary, 30 years.

Linda Fernald, second grade, Lafayette Elementary, 29 years.

Nikki Fox, special ed assistant, Memorial Middle School, 29 years.

Diane Nusom, first grade, Lafayette Elementary, 25 years.

Barbara Clauson, reading/language arts, Calapooia Middle, 24 years.

Dennis Rector, social studies, West Albany High, 24 years.

Rob Norman, elementary benchmark teacher, Sunrise/Fir Grove, 23 years.

Doug Grimmius, principal, For Grove/Oak Grove elementaries, 22 years.

JoAnne Bramsen, special education assistant, Clover Ridge Elementary, 21 years.

Mary Lou Curry, special education assistant, Lafayette Elementary, 18 years.

Dick Engstrom, maintenance specialist, physical plant, 18 years.

Karen Ruppert, kindergarten, Takena Elementary, 18 years.

Edie Coon, food service assistant, South Albany High, 16 years.

Pat Monson, principal, Liberty Elementary, 16 years.

Harold Bennett, custodian, Periwinkle Elementary, 15 years.

Thomas Morford, bus driver, transportation, 12 years.

Sue White, special education assistant, Tangent Elementary, 12 years.

Pat Bedore, superintendent, district office, 11 years.

Lynda Claro, office manager, North Albany Middle School, 11 years.

Connie Larsen, principal, Sunrise Elementary, 10 years.

Kaye Jones, special education, South Shore Elementary, 9 years.

Terrance Seevers, bus driver, transportation, 9 years.

JoAnn Ferre, food service assistant, Clover Ridge Elementary, 6 years.

Albert Blackwell, custodian, Tangent Elementary, 4 years.

Rebecca Copeland, school support specialist, Fairmount School, 4 years.

Shirley Morrison, food service assistant, West Albany High, 2 years.

Central Linn

Cyndi Anderson, Central Linn CARES service coordinator, 14 years.

Harrisburg

Sue Wassom, P.E., Harrisburg Middle School, 31 years.

Jefferson

Ninfa Rodriguez, instructional assistant, Jefferson Middle and High schools, 31 years.

Ruth Lewis, accounts payable clerk, district office, 23 years.

Lebanon

Steve Quigley, art and graphics, Lebanon High, 31 years.

Clark Brean, science, Lebanon High School, 30 years.

Ken Ray, principal, Lebanon High, 30 years. Ray left earlier this year.

Tom Yates, principal, Hamilton Creek School, 30 years.

Ann Cline, second grade, Green Acres Elementary, 28 years.

Sue Thompson, secretary, Lebanon High, 26 years.

Ruth Alderson, first grade, Hamilton Creek, 22 years.

Carol Burger, secretary, Green Acres Elementary, 22 years.

Jeanie Hart, accounting clerk, district office, 12 years. Hart left in November.

Sharon Hill, personal care assistant, Sand Ridge Charter School, 12 years.

Scio

Louanne Fugal, third grade, Centennial Elementary, 21 years.

DeAnne Sumpter, primary grades, Lourdes Charter School, 21 years.

Sweet Home

Alan Temple, computers, Sweet Home Junior High, 31 years. Temple officially retired in September but is finishing the school year on special contract.

Debi Temple, P.E., Sweet Home High, 30 years. She retired at the end of 2007 but is finishing the year on special contract.

Lauri Carlson, fifth grade, Oak Heights Elementary, 30 years. Carlson retired in September but is completing the year on special contract.

Carolyn Care, behavior management assistant, Sweet Home Junior High, 24 years. Care will return for 2008-09 on special contract.

Mary Burton, special education assistant, Sweet Home Junior HIgh, 22 years.

Lynn Ellis, business, Sweet Home High School, 20 years.

Jan Sharp, director of curriculum/principal of Holley School, 20 years. Sharp will return next year on special contract as half-time curriculum director.

Jill Namitz, payroll clerk, district office, 16.5 years. Namitz retired in January.

Georgetta Howard, child development specialist, Hawthorne/Holley elementary schools, 10 years.