The Newton County School System (NCSS) honored employees retiring during the 2015-2016 school year at the district’s annual Employee Retirement Dinner on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at the Newton College & Career Academy. This year 45 employees retired from the school system. Collectively they have 1,015 years of service! One employee, Ms. Maxine Driskell, of Clements Middle School, is retiring with 40 years of service and another 15 employees are retiring with 30 or more years of service.

“Soon most of you will leave your respective schools or offices for the last time; some of you have already begun your retirement,” said NCSS Superintendent Samantha Fuhrey. “With you will go the accumulated memories of many years of service to the Newton County School System—times filled with work and laughter; memories of friendship, hardships and comfort; and hopefully, memories filled with pleasure and pride. Those memories are inevitable and important to you, but what is important to us, your co-workers and friends, is that we have had the privilege of knowing you and working with you.”

She added, “Having earned your retirement, we are delighted that you will finally be getting time for yourself.  At the same time, we realize that when you leave, there will occur a very real and significant loss to this school system.  You have been a part of what has made our school system the very solid educational institution that it is.  We will miss you and we are thankful of our time to work together.  May God be with you and may you enjoy many happy, healthy, years of retirement.”

Employees retiring during the 2015-2016 school year are:

NAME	SCHOOL/DEPARTMENT	YEARS OF SERVICE
Cathy Allen	Central Office	32
Linda BeKoe	Newton	11
Norman Benfield	Livingston	10
Mary S. Brown	Cousins	30
Ora J. Brown	Liberty	19
Janice Butts	Indian Creek	30
Vickie Cash	Livingston	15
Kathleen Clement	Cousins	16
James Coleman	Indian Creek	11
Jane Compton	Indian Creek	32
Angela Cooper	NCCA	31
Tracey Curtis	Newton	37
Kathleen Dalbec	Flint Hill	16
Maxine Driskell	Clements	40
Angela Edwards	Indian Creek	30
Elaine Ellis	Livingston	14
Barbara Fox-Fuller	Transportation	12
Alicia Fulton	Rocky Plains	19
Mary Ann Garmon	Porterdale	29
Sara Hamby	Indian Creek	30
Douglas Harper	Veterans Memorial	26
Kathryn Henderson	Veterans Memorial	30
Charlie Mae Johnson	South Salem	11
Errol King	Alcovy	35
Brenda King	Clements	20
Bobbie King	East Newton	16
Annie Marks	Flint Hill	24
Jacqueline Mattison	Newton	33
Larry Mattison	Veterans Memorial	11
Bruce McColumn	Alcovy	32
Beth Moore	Indian Creek	27
Patricia Nolan	Livingston	14
Helen Phillips	West Newton	13
Thad Pirkle	Veterans Memorial	29
Frances L. Prince	East Newton	30
Debra Ray	Eastside	20
Hubert Ray	Transportation	11
Kathy B. Scott	Transportation	22
Glory Nell Smith	Newton	13
Alicia Stewart	Central Office	30
Willie Stripling	Transportation	10
Linda C. Walden	Transportation	18
Ronald Wiley	Veterans Memorial	17
Velma Worley	Alcovy	28
Christi Zelek	Clements	31

Congratulations to all of the NCSS employees retiring during the 2015-2016 school year!