• 2017 Salute to Service

  • Plano ISD' 52nd Annual "Salute to Service" employee banquet was held on April 6 at Southfork Ranch. Employees were recognized for 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45 years of service in Plano ISD, for retirement and for for the 2017 Superintendent's Service Awards.

  • 2017 Superintendent's Service Award Winners

    This annual award is designed to honor support staff members who go above and beyond the call of duty as they perform their job responsibilities.
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  • Winners

    • Eric Allison, Transportation Services, Supervisor Motor Pool Operations. Nominated by John Graf, Plano West Senior High, career and technical education teacher.
    • Kay Pfeifer, Counseling Clerk at Armstrong Middle School. Nominated by Armstrong Principal Melissa Blank.
    • Michael Svatek, Campus Technology Assistant at Christie Elementary. Nominated by Christie Principal Ryan Steele.
    • Janaki Ramalingam, PPCD Structured Assistant at Beaty Early Childhood School nominated by Beaty ECS Principal Dr. Dina Rowe

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  • Nominees

    • Margaret Acton, Plano East SHS, Sub School Secretary
    • Terry Allen, Wyatt ES, CTA
    • Eric Allison Transportation Services Motor Pool Supervisor
    • Laura Banks Carlisle ES FANS Manager
    • Silvia Brozak Otto MS Attendance Clerk
    • Samantha Castillo Carpenter MS Receptionist
    • Kelli English Plano West SHS Assistant SPED
    • Sandi Enloe Benefits & Risk Management HR Specialist
    • Florencia Figueroa Memorial ES Assistant SPED
    • Linda Filipski Plano SHS Assistant SPED
    • Mitchelle Gomez Barron ES Parent Liaison / PASAR
    • Deborah Ann Heineman Shepton HS Library Assistant
    • Susan Hicks Guinn SPC FANS Manager
    • Tyrone Hodge Plano West SHS CTA
    • Cathy Hoffmann Transportation Services Bus Driver
    • Sandye Jack Sigler ES CTA
    • Janice Yvonne Jones Hedgcoxe ES Office Manager
    • Kristen Jones Boggess ES Assistant SPED
    • Renee Lapare Wilson MS Secretary
    • Karen Leewright Carpenter MS Assistant SPED
    • Joy McDaniel Plano West SHS FANS Manager
    • Rita Modi Centennial ES Cafeteria Cashier
    • Petra Morgan Jasper HS Registrar
    • Alicia Nation Hightower ES Office Manager
    • Richa Nayak Meadows ES Title I Assistant
    • Kay Pfeifer Armstrong MS Counselor Clerk
    • Melissa Pham McCall ES Bilingual SPED Assistant
    • Carla Pruett Transportation Services Bus Assistant
    • Janaki Ramalingam Beaty ECS PPCD Structured Assistant
    • Amie Sacco Daffron ES Assistant SPED
    • Lorena Shields Jackson ES Office Manager
    • Karen Simons Dooley ES CTA
    • Lucy Sutton Hickey ES CTA
    • Michael Svatek Christie ES CTA
    • Micah Valderrama Skaggs ES Teacher Assistant
    • Andrew Watterud Mendenhall ES Assistant SPED
    • Sue A. Yeary Transportation Services Bus Driver

  • Retiring Employees

    Employees who are retiring from Plano ISD and employees who are leaving the district with at least 15 years of Plano ISD experience or 20 years of experience in public education (voluntary separation), are eligible to be recognized at the "Salute to Service" employee banquet on April 6. Congratulations to the following retiring or recently retired employees and special thanks for their dedicated service to students and colleagues.
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  • Retirees

    • Alicia Alexander Carpenter MS Orchestra director
    • Susan W. Banks Jasper HS Teacher
    • Caryn Bartle Beverly ES Campus technology assistant
    • Rosario Rodriguez Brusniak Mendenhall ES Speech language pathologist
    • Mahshid Crews Shepard ES Special education assistant
    • Judy Putney Crim Jasper HS Choir Director
    • Susan Dantzler Campus Services Elementary Executive Director
    • Kathryn DuRoss Meadows ES Title I support teacher
    • Linda Fleming Rice MS French teacher
    • Steven Ford Jasper & Shepton HS ROTC & Army instructor
    • Sylvia Garza Records Management Records specialist
    • Carol Groen Saigling ES Fifth-grade teacher
    • Cindy Folden Guinn Daffron ES Principal
    • Sara Hay Bowman MS Nurse
    • Phyllis J. Hildebrand Stinson ES / Food & Nutritional Services Cafeteria Specialist
    • Janice Yvonne Jones Hedgcoxe ES Office manager
    • Bonnie Garcia Kahn Itinerant Special Education Licensed Specialist in School Psychology
    • Cindy Kellogg Beaty ECS Teacher
    • Shayla K. Kimpton Forman ES Special education assistant
    • Patricia Kline Rasor ES Nurse
    • Margie Ann Lawrence Haggard MS English teacher
    • Anne Lombard Weatherford ES Special education assistant
    • Michele Loper Barron ES Principal
    • Melanie McDonald Meadows ES Speech language pathologist
    • Mevelyn Mendoza Jasper HS Assistant librarian
    • Sandra Muzquiz Meadows ES Principal
    • Kay Naidoo Bird Education Center Teacher
    • Karen Noble Mendenhall ES Principal
    • Dr. Yvonne A. Powell-McDonald Guinn SPC Clerk IV
    • Joyce Montgomery Davis ES Nurse
    • Nadine Bonita Reid Thomas ES Third-grade teacher
    • Stephen G. Roelofs Jasper HS History Teacher
    • Michele Rollins Hickey ES Second-grade teacher
    • Dennise Schuler Beaty ECS Librarian & teacher
    • Julie Seymour Davis ES PACE Specialist
    • Terri Smith Daffron ES Third-grade teacher
    • Miki Solomon Shepard ES Fifth-grade teacher
    • Patricia Stewart E School Technology specialist
    • Linda Stokes Itinerant Special Education Diagnostician
    • Toni Strickland Huffman ES Principal
    • Melinda Tate Bethany ES Second-grade teacher
    • Brian Thomas Elementary Academic Services Outdoor education coordinator
    • Wanda Pietersz Thompson Bird SPC Coordinator
    • Teresa Vandeloo Academy HS Office Manager
    • Yrinshing Wang Beaty ECS Assistant ESL
    • Paul G. Weaver Student & Family Services Assistant executive director
    • Raymond Weaver Purchasing Director
    • Glynda Welch Thomas ES Librarian
    • Lisa Wellborn Elementary Academic Services Social studies coordinator
    • Maria Pilar Westfried Memorial ES Kindergarten teacher
    • Katherine Williams Wyatt ES Special education teacher
    • Gary Wilson Family & Social Services Director
    • Michelle M. Wright Jasper HS Librarian

  • ContactEmployees with questions about the banquet and/or recognition are asked to contact the Plano ISD Communications Department at (469) 752-8150.