NEW ROCHELLE, NY — The New Rochelle Board of Education accepted resignations effective June 30, 2013 for the following employees:
Donald Conetta, who has applied for retirement from his position as a Principal, assigned to New Rochelle High School, after twenty-one years.
William Harrell, who has applied for retirement from his position as a Principal, assigned to Davis Elementary School, after fifty years.
Joyce Kent, who has applied for retirement from her position as Science Department Chair, assigned to New Rochelle High School, after thirty-three years.
Patricia Lambert, who has applied for retirement from her position as an Elementary School Principal, assigned to Barnard Elementary School, after eleven years.
Velma Whiteside, who has applied for retirement from her position as a Middle School Principal, assigned to Albert Leonard Middle School, after fifteen years.
Tina Abramowitz, who has applied for retirement from her position as a Teaching Assistant, assigned to New Rochelle High School, after nineteen years.
Evelyn Aponte, who has applied for retirement from her position as a School Psychologist, assigned to New Rochelle High School, after twenty-one years.
Merryl Bushansky, who has applied for retirement from her position as a School Psychologist, assigned to Davis Elementary School, after twenty-one years.
Linda Creary, who has applied for retirement from her position as a Social Studies Teacher, assigned to New Rochelle High School, after forty-three years.
Kathleen Gallagher, who has applied for retirement from her position as an Art Teacher, assigned to Albert Leonard Middle School, after twenty-two years.
Alice Gazzola, who has applied for retirement from her position as a Teaching Assistant, assigned to Davis Elementary School, after twenty-nine years.
Joann Harris, who has applied for retirement from her position as an Elementary Teacher, assigned to Jefferson Elementary School, after thirty-nine and one half years.
Annie E. Howell-Benitez, who has applied for retirement from her position as a Physical Education Teacher, assigned to Isaac E. Young Middle School, after thirty-six years.
Constance Jakic, who has applied for retirement from her position as an Elementary Teacher, assigned to Davis Elementary School, after thirty-seven years.
Joelle Lahens, who has applied for retirement from her position as a Teaching Assistant, assigned to Ward Elementary School, after twenty-one years.
Barbara Lennihan, who has applied for retirement from her position as a Teaching Assistant, assigned to Ward Elementary School, after twenty-four years.
Rhoda Lew, who has applied for retirement from her position as a Speech/Language Pathologist, assigned to Albert Leonard Middle School, after thirty-three years.
Andrea Liller, who has applied for retirement from her position as a Mathematics Teacher, assigned to New Rochelle High School, after thirty years.
Lorraine Mancuso, who has applied for retirement from her position as a Teaching Assistant, assigned to Albert Leonard Middle School, after eighteen years.
Anna Marino, who has applied for retirement from her position as a Teaching Assistant, assigned to Webster Elementary School, after thirty years.
Maria Notaro, who has applied for retirement from her position as a Foreign Language Teacher, assigned to New Rochelle High School, after ten years.
Veronica Strawder, who has applied for retirement from her position as a Speech Language Pathologist, assigned to Barnard Elementary School, after eleven years.
Charles E. Wallace, who has applied for retirement from his position as an English Teacher, assigned to Albert Leonard Middle School, after thirty-five years.
Linda Williams, who has applied for retirement from her position as a Teaching Assistant, assigned to Columbus Elementary School, after twenty-one years.
The Board of Education thanked each employee for their dedicated service to the City School District of New Rochelle and expressed its sincere appreciation for their loyal service to the School District and extended best wishes to them and their family for good health and happiness in the years ahead.