Retirements celebrated for several South Whidbey school employees

South Whidbey schools will be without 11 familiar faces next school year.

May 27, 2014 6:34 pm
Don Wodjenski
Don Wodjenski

South Whidbey schools will be without 11 familiar faces next school year. Jim Hall photo | Charlie Snelling, right, receives a couple of gifts during a party for several teachers and staff in the South Whidbey School District who announced they would retire at the end of this school year in June.

Several faculty and staff members who announced their plans to retire after this school year ends in June were celebrated at a district-wide barbecue May 21.

Among the future retirees are: teacher Don Wodjenski, secretary Maureen Mulcahy and para-educator Kim Williams at South Whidbey High School; teacher Moe Bowman at Langley Middle School; counselor Dayle Gray and teacher Leslie Woods at South Whidbey Elementary School; teachers Louise Fiori and Charlie Snelling at South Whidbey Academy; bus drivers Sue Harris and David Morphew; and maintenance employee Larry Poolman.