The Merrillville Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees recognized retirees at a recent board meeting.

Thank you all for your years of service and dedication to the school corporation and the children of this community! We have the most amazing employees! 

Honored but not pictured: 

• Juan Guajardo, Maintenance/Grounds Service, 10 years
• Willis Holmes, Transportation/Driver, 10 years
• David Demmon, Iddings Grade 4 Teacher, 11 years
• William Parnell, Maintenance/Specific, 12 years
• Lisa Knight, Iddings Nurse, 13 years
• Thomas Nunley, Jr., Maintenance/Custodian, 13 years
• Willie Harbin, Transportation/Driver, 15 years
• Susanne Peterson, Transportation/Bus Aide, 15 years
• Martha Ortiz, MHS Guidance Secretary, 18 years
• Susan Timmons, Fieler Playground/Cafe Aide, 18 years
• Robert Rodriguez, Maintenance/Maintencance Class II, 19 years
• Rosellyn McMahon, Fieler Grade 1 Teacher, 20 years
• Colleen Hostetler, Admin/Central Director of Food Service, 21 years
• Paulina Bryson, Maintenance/Custodian, 22 years
• Anja Churilla, Transportation/Driver, 22 years
• Christie Collins, Transportation/Driver, 22 years
• Lynn Shoback, Miller Grade 3 Teacher, 22 years
• Guadalupe Boursier, Pierce Teacher Aide, 23 years
• Debra Staffeld, MHS Math Teacher, 23 years
• Silvia Smith, Maintenance Day Care/Custodian, 24 years
• Patricia Kistinger, Secretary to MIS Principal, 25 years
• David Jenkins, Pierce Industrial Tech Teacher, 26 years
• Denise Qualkinbush, MIS Library Coordinator, 26 years
• Sharon Rowe, Pierce Non Cert Aide, 31 years
• Gregg Williams, Pierce Earth/Space Science, 38 years