The Caņon City School District offered a thank you
to nine staff members retiring after nearly 200
years of combined service.
A retirement reception was
conducted Monday at the Abbey Events Center, and
school board members shared with the staff and
family audience a taste of each retiree’s
service.
Retirees are David
Chandler, seventh-grade math teacher at Harrison
School, with the district for 25 years; Carol
Crossley, Gifted and Talented Education
coordinator, 32 years with the district; Cheryl
Erickson, seventh-grade science teacher at Caņon
City Middle School and district staff member for
34 years;
Sue Hitt, Caņon City High
School English teacher and district employee for
12 years; Winifred Soester, seventh-grade social
studies teacher with Harrison, 27 years with the
school district; Vicky Murphy, library and study
hall at CCHS, district employee for 12 years;
Toby Tipton, paraprofessional at McKinley
Elementary School, five years with the school
district; Joe Trujillo, route driver in
transportation, district staff member for nine
years; and Marsha Wysong, building secretary at
Harrison School, 20 years with the district.
“We appreciate the hard
work of these staff members and wish them the
best in the future,” Superintendent Robin Gooldy
said.
Erickson, seventh-grade
CCMS science teacher for 34 years, held the
title of the most years with the district.
Erickson said she looks forward to traveling and
relaxing after more than a quarter century with
the district.
Although Erickson said the
event brought forward some solemn feelings along
with the excitement.
“I was excited until
tonight,” Erickson said jokingly. “I’m going to
miss the district. They have been so wonderful.”
Crossley agreed with the
district’s support for staff.
Crossley will continue to
be involved as GATE coordinator, which she said
“is very important to me.”
In the extra time she does
have, Crossley will enjoy being a grandma. Her
daughter soon will have a baby, and the GATE
coordinator will spend a few weeks in California
dedicated to her family.
“I never could have done
that before,” she said.
Each retiree received an
award — an engraved miniature schoolhouse and a
thank you for their time well spent.
“Each one of them has
contributed to the district, and we appreciate
all their efforts,” Gooldy said.