Austin ISD's 2024 Retirement Celebration

We are excited to express our heartfelt gratitude and admiration to all of our esteemed colleagues retiring this year. Our incredible journey here at Austin Independent School District is continually shaped and driven by the dedicated people who serve our district, students, and community.

Thank you for your many years of dedication, service, and care. You have not only shaped the Austin ISD of today but have also helped set the course for its future. We wish each of you joy, relaxation, and fulfillment in your well-deserved retirement. Your extraordinary service will always be remembered, and we know your influence will continue to be felt for many generations to come.

Congratulations on your retirement! This is your time to celebrate the wonderful career you've had with us, and we are delighted to celebrate with you.
 


May 20, 2024

The numbers are in and we have... 259 retirees with 5,199 combined years of service with 6 retiring employees with over 40 years of service.

Retirees by Position/Location Number of Retirees
Teachers 103
Librarians 4
Counselors  4
Teacher Assistants  15
Campus Administrators  10
Central Offices 27
Custodians  24
Transportation 15
Food Service 16
Service Center 8
Police 3
Campus Support Staff     22

A huge congratulations, thank you, and best wishes for the next adventure to our 2023–24 AISD Retirees!


2023–24 Retirees


Name Campus/Department Years With AISD

Jackie Adelmann

 Special Ed Eval

4

Norberta Aguilar

 Service Center

40

Robin Alkek

 Special Ed Eval

6

Daniel Almodovar

 Transportation

16

Katherine Alvarado-Romero

 Crockett ECHS

26

Mary Alvirez

 Assoc Sup - Elem

32

Sofia Amaro

 Service Center

18

Alma Andrade

 Food Service

30

Michele Andrade

 Crockett ECHS

26

Maria Andre

 Wooldridge EL

4

Floretta Andrews

 Bailey Middle

29

Terry Argersinger

 Williams EL

2

Frank Arispe

 Transportation

27

Marian Arispe

 Transportation

24

Neraida Arispe

 Food Service

18

Theresa Arocha-Gill

 Special Education

3

Veronica Ashton

 Davis EL

19

Abel Aviles

 Service Center

20

Alicia Balbuena

 Food Service

13

Tammy Ballard

 McCallum H S

8

Karen Barnes Ullrich

 Transportation

31

Alma Barrera

 Wooldridge EL

18

Amy Bearfield

 Lamar Middle

25

Kathleen Bernard

 Cunningham EL

33

Rosa Bosquez

 Palm EL

36

Sheryl Bowie

 Brown EL

30

Willis Brock

 Crockett Early College

10

Gerald Brush

 Murchison Middle

5

Robert Bullington

 Davis EL

2

Mark Burkhalter

 Kocurek EL

8

Martha Burnett

 Navarro Early College

22

Rachel Burrow

 Garza Independence H

6

Manuela Cadena

 Service Center

18

Roy Cameron

 Service Center

36

Donna Caraway

 Information System

6

Annabell Carmichael

 Perez EL

24

Timothy Carrington

 Network Support

27

Yvette Carroll

 Lively Middle

31

Estrella Cases

 Ridgetop EL

27

Martha Castillo

 Langford EL

21

Barbara Cauthen

 Akins H S

6

Verda Clay

 Transportation

28

Tina Coba

 Overton EL

10

Rose Coleman

 Comm Ed - Aft Sch

27

Annie Collier

 Contract & Procurement

12

James Cook

 Network Support

7

John Cotter

 Anderson H S

17

Kathleen Coulehan

 Sanchez EL

1

Shelly Cox

 Lee EL

30

Jose Cueva Cosios

 Transportation

3

Mary Currier

 Ridgetop EL

33

Shirley Cyphers

 Transportation

17

Malcolm Davidson

 Akins H S

7

Krista Davis

 Hill EL

27

Benita De Garza

 Food Service

26

Rocio Delgado

 Service Center

24

Kristin Donahue

 Mills EL

30

Heather Doyle

 Summitt EL

31

Ann Dragoo

 Austin H S

17

Billy Dragoo

 Austin H S

31

Jennifer Dunn

 Northeast Early

1

Teresa Duran

 Service Center

16

Carye Edelman

 Special Education

45

Aimee Edwards

 Davis EL

25

Elise Edwards

 Mills EL

22

Patricia Ellis

 Bailey Middle

1

Juanita Esquivel

 Travis Early College H

12

Becky Fancher

 Anderson H S

26

Jason Farr

 Anderson H S

26

Aurora Flores-Wolsky

 Kealing Middle

26

Frank Fuller

 Construction

13

Roy Garcia

 Service Center

11

Yvonne Garcia

 Casey EL

31

Claudia Gibson

 Crockett Early College

14

Deborah Gipson

 Comm Ed - Aft Sch

19

Perry Giuffre

 District Police

26

Anita Glass

 Summitt EL

5

Shauna Goldstein

 Doss EL

6

Maria Gomez

 Food Service

25

Maria Gomez

 Pickle EL

18

Elsa Gonzales

 Service Center

22

Jennifer Gonzalez

 Ortega EL

5

Monica Gonzalez

 Assoc Sup - Elem

25

Leticia Gonzalez Haro

 Padron EL

8

Pamela Goodman

 Padron EL

22

Charlene Gordon

 Jordan EL

24

Kristina Grandinetti-Johnson

 Bowie H S

27

Roger Grape

 Blackshear EL

11

Josefina Guido

 Food Service

22

Ligia Gutierrez

 Transportation

28

Victoria Gutierrez

 Service Center

23

Rhonda Halliburton

 Oak Springs EL

22

Norene Hameed

 Transportation

36

Laura Hammill

 Travis Early College H

24

Cathryn Harris

 Summitt EL

44

Joseph Harsh

 Travis Early College H

22

Martha Hernandez

 Food Service

17

Rebecca Hernandez

 Webb Middle

28

Donald Herod

 Brentwood EL

17

Constance Hicks

 Kocurek EL

32

Gilbert Hicks

 Elementary Academics

30

Kristina Higgins

 Baranoff EL

22

Edward Hill

 Technology Integration

15

Richard Holloway

 Technology Integration

26

Leonard Hudson

 Career and Tech

6

Michelle Huerta

 Gorzycki Middle

27

Claudia Jackson

 Widen EL

24

James Jackson

 Bailey Middle

9

Josefina Jaimes

 Service Center

27

Robert James

 Service Center Bldg &

24

Elizabeth Jenkins

 Austin H S

29

Pamela Jessie

 Alternative Learning

34

Larry Johnson

 Paredes Middle

27

Christie Jones

 Alternative Learning

8

Gordon Jones

 Summitt EL

25

Shu-Mei Juang

 Food Service

20

Kimberly Kehoe

 Baranoff EL

20

Victoria Kelly

 Advanced Academics

18

Rita Kibbie

 District Police

6

Teresa Kincaid

 Cowan EL

14

Sandra Knight

 Anderson H S

1

Paul Kretchmer

 Visual Arts

20

Joyce Kroon

 Austin St Hospital

36

Margaret Langley

 Richards Sch Young

31

Cynthia Laughorn

 Transportation

19

Manuel Leal

 Transportation

21

Catherine Lehman

 Clayton EL

30

Linda Leiva De Zecena

 Houston EL

12

Aurora Leon

 Service Center

20

Jane Lionberger

 Special Education

17

Irma Lira

 Contract &

8

Lisa Llanos Garcia

 Service Center

15

Lea Lopez

 Austin H S

23

Elba Lopez-Mascorro

 Food Service

19

Bryan Lott

 Service Center

37

Anastacia Luna

 Service Center

23

Eva Luna-Belmares

 Service Center

42

Rhonda Lyon

 Gullett EL

28

Betty Magill

 Austin H S

4

Maria Mares

 Kocurek EL

20

Karen Marshall

 Brentwood EL

13

Maureen Marshall

 Brown EL

26

Eduarda Martinez

 Service Center

22

Everardo Martinez

 Service Center Bldg &

20

Maria Martinez

 Service Center

32

Francisco Martinez-Cavazos

 Andrews EL

19

Coleen Mastrianni

 Walnut Creek EL

27

Carolyn McDonald

 Mills EL

19

Nancy McElaney

 Rodriguez EL

16

Amy McFadden

 St Elmo EL

27

Julie Meacham

 Winn Montessori

28

Diana Mendoza

 Finance

22

Rafael Mendoza

 Guerrero-Thompson

1

Carrie Miller

 Small Middle

29

Ayde Mireles

 Sanchez EL

32

Cathryn Mitchell

 Gorzycki Middle

32

Robert Mize

 Service Center

19

Raul Molina

 Service Center Bldg &

9

Amy Montalvo

 Baranoff EL

28

Susan Montana

 Overton EL

20

Virginia Morales

 Brown EL

29

Christine Moreno

 Wooten EL

17

Tena Morphis Pinion

 McCallum H S

14

Leslie Morton

 Patton EL

5

Kathryn Moten

 Navarro Early College

39

Ann Murillo

 Hart EL

18

Diane Newberry

 McCallum H S

15

Diana Newport

 Andrews EL

3

Michelle Noid

 Bryker Woods EL

25

Eleanor Nordyke

 Davis EL

18

Holly Norris

 Menchaca EL

29

Elizabeth Northcutt-Benson

 Lively Middle

23

Staci Nowakowski-Grimm

 Oak Hill EL

24

Guadalupe Ochoa

 Student Support

27

Rosalind Oliphant

 Sadler Means YWLA

15

Marina Olvera

 Webb Middle

6

Barbara Ortiz

 Brown EL

11

Jacobo Ortiz

 Service Center

14

Ramiro Ortiz

 Service Center Bldg & Grounds

21

Thelma Ortiz

 Uphaus Early

15

Nicole Osborne

 Bryker Woods EL

2

Juana Osorio De Perez

 Food Service

17

Gay Owen

 Bailey Middle

34

Deolar Owens

 Food Service

20

Karen Owens

 Special Ed Eval

21

Susan Padilla

 Pleasant Hill EL

30

Frank Paige

 District Police

6

Ray Paiz

 Service Center Bldg & Grounds

16

Shawn Paladino

 Akins H S

23

Linda Pantoja

 Uphaus Early

28

Heather Parmelee

 Kocurek EL

26

Marsha Parris

 Paredes Middle

3

Eric Perkins

 Baldwin EL

2

Mireya Perkins

 Baldwin EL

2

Jan Peterson

 Boone EL

14

Michael Pettebone

 Information

11

Paul Pew

 McCallum H S

17

Leann Pigulski

 Special Education

8

Suzanne Plyler

 Mathews EL

20

Oralia Ponce

 Service Center

21

David Pope

 Covington Middle

33

Ramona Pope

 Small Middle

13

Lewis Price

 Highland Park EL

26

Guadalupe Quinonez

 Transportation

36

Dora Quiroz

 Odom EL

24

Eliseo Ramos

 Langford EL

7

Eliseo Realzola

 Transportation

30

Lucy Rodriguez

 Food Service

17

Susana Rodriguez

 Cook EL

18

Omero Romero

 Bedichek Middle

34

Elsa Ruelas-Mendoza

 Guerrero-Thompson EL

34

Elizabeth Ruiz

 Pillow EL

27

Maria Ruiz

 Service Center

16

Becky Sampson

 Cunningham EL

22

Leonor Sanchez

 Bear Creek EL

2

Maria Sanchez De Ybanez

 Food Service

12

Maria Sanchez-Contreras

 Service Center

16

Josie Santiago

 Bowie H S

16

John Sayce

 Akins H S

12

Norma Scarcliff

 Winn Montessori

1

Patricia Seyfarth

 Blazier EL

11

William Sharp

 Transportation

20

Lola Shores

 HUB

9

Gennell Shuler

 Jordan EL

2

Deborah Sims

 Northeast Early

10

Joseph Slapak

 Kealing Middle

18

Hirma Soto

 Service Center

6

Anita Strickland-Reams

 Eastside Early College

5

James Sturdivant

 Service Center Bldg & Grounds

14

Jane Tackett

 Baranoff EL

33

Francisca Tamayo

 Transportation

24

Roy Tambunga

 Akins H S

31

Maria Torres

 Linder EL

22

Martha Torres

 Galindo EL

27

Miguel Trevino

 Crockett Early College

27

Collins Van Nort

 Barton Hills EL

42

Gisela Vazquez

 Food Service

24

Elena Velazquez

 Food Service

20

Celia Venegas

 Bailey Middle

46

Angelina Villela

 Food Service

26

Linda Vo

 Walnut Creek EL

19

Gloria Waegerle

 Akins H S

22

Virginia Wahlers

 Casey EL

25

James Walker

 Service Center Bldg &

22

Stacy Webster

 Austin H S

30

Patricia Werner

 Physical Education

23

Elvia Whitten

 Sanchez EL

26

Ruth Widner

 Bowie H S

29

Michelle Williams

 Service Center

24

Lynn Williamson

 Allison EL

6

Betty Willoughby

 Casey EL

35

James Winder

 Northeast Early

6

Denise Wolfe

 Bryker Woods EL

18

Teri Wood

 Child Study Systems

26

Theresa Wood

 Brentwood EL

26

Pamela Wozniak

 Summitt EL

7

Carmen Zamora

 Akins H S

28

Helen Zimmer

 Maplewood EL

20

Nancy Zuraitis

 Bowie H S

25