RUSD Staff

It was a great afternoon yesterday when we had the opportunity to recognize and honor our outstanding staff members at the North HS Theatre. While times are certainly difficult (which is an understatement), our District is populated with the best and most capable employees at all levels and positions. The event yesterday honored those that have been honored by their colleagues and school sites as being the best of the BEST. Clearly, RUSD is what it is and performs well because of all of these great folks. The irony is that as we honor and recognize them we lose some of them due to the state budget issues and its disastrous effects on our District and employees.

My congratulations to our District-wide teachers of the year:

• Chris Marker-Morse – Madison Elementary
• Lisa Nyaggah – University Heights Middle School
• Matt Schiller – Poly High School

Further congratulations to our other District-wide honorees include:

• Catherine Coar – Classified Employee of the Year
• Joyce Threadgold – Confidential Employee of the Year
• Christine Nicoloff – Site Support Person of the Year
• Robert Diaz – Certificated Administrator of the Year
• Vanessa Connor – Classified Administrator of the Year
• Kyley Ybarra – Principal of the Year

Several of these folks are also being recognized as County Employees of the Year in similar categories. Thank you to our Human Resources Department and Tena Petix for organizing and delivering this important event yesterday.