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CUSD hosts intro of new employees
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A full house of new Ceres Unified School District employees attended a reception on Thursday at CUSD headquarters - photo by Contributed to the Courier

It was a night of celebration for Ceres Unified School District.

A reception introducing newly permanent and new employees was held at 6:40 p.m. in the Argus/Endeavor Multi-use Room before Thursday's Ceres School Board meeting.

"People were happy," CUSD Supt. Scott Siegel said. "A lot of smiles and joking. We're really excited. It's nice we were able to do more hiring to get classes sizes back to where they used to be. It was a lot of work."

Designated as newly permanent employees with CUSD are: Janelle DeGreek (Adkison Elementary), Rebecca Kerr (Adkison), Eliana Fiorini (Adkison), Gaylyn Doane (Patricia Beaver Elementary), Olga Hage (Carroll Fowler Elementary), Tammy Ratajczak (Carroll Fowler), Nicole Santana-Souza (Carroll Fowler), Emily Goodwin (Don Pedro Elementary), Margaret Hartung (Don Pedro Elementary), Elizabeth Miyamoto (Don Pedro), Elizabeth Gothard (La Rosa Elementary), Linda Diaz (Lucas Elementary), Robyn Hewitt (Sam Vaughn Elementary), Crystal Johnson (Sam Vaughn), Michelle Penney (Virginia Parks Elementary ), Joe Stewart (Virginia Parks), Megan Arteaga (Walter White Elementary), Mayra Tiscareno-Pimentel (Blaker-Kinser Jr. High), Shauna Barringer (Cesar Chavez Jr. High), Kelly Wheelock (Chavez), Leah Avery (Mae Hensley Jr. High), Peter Knudson (Mae Hensley), Derrick Goblirsch (Central Valley High School), Erica Guevara (CVHS), Richard Mickelson (CVHS), Danielle Petroni (CVHS), Megan Hulst (CVHS), Patricia Byers (CHS School), Anthony Gerards (CHS), Kristen Pallas (CHS), Damon Hunn (Whitmore Charter School), Lori Mariano (Whitmore), Griselda Reyes (Whitmore), Jake Sundy (Whitmore), Jolleen de Clercq (Educational Services), Marissa Acosta (Student Support Services/Special Education), Aline Baca (Student Support Services/Special Education), Amrit "Amy" Jat (Student Support Services/Special Education), Andrea Means (Student Support Services/Special Education), Stacy Mullins (Student Support Services/Special Education), Josephine Rodriguez (Student Support Services/Special Education), Whitley Showalter (Student Support Services/Special Education), Julie Wolfe-Bohlender (Student Support Services/Preschool & Headstart) and Fernando Ureno (Personnel Services).

The following individuals are new staff members: Kathy Dominguez (Beaver), Lorena Garibaldo (Beaver), Holly Hurst (Beaver), Alice Macedo (Beaver), Maria Cornejo (Carroll Fowler), Veronica Perea (Carroll Fowler), Markus Richter (Carroll Fowler), Delia Valencia (Carroll Fowler), Erica Chaboya (Caswell Elementary), Julia Davis (Caswell), Amerashia "Amy" Layton (Caswell), Shawna Santana (Caswell), Sophia Thymakis (Caswell), Melinda Berry (Don Pedro), Elizabeth Cook (Don Pedro), Maggie Johnson (Don Pedro), Kayla Acierto (Hidahl Elementary), Susan Nold (Hidahl), Casey Vega (Hidahl), Julie Medina (La Rosa Elementary), Katrina Tavares (La Rosa), Omar De La Cruz (Lucas), Ema Hurtado (Lucas), Veronica Jauregui-Gonzalez (Lucas), Ismael Maldonado-Garcia (Lucas), Bianca Melchor-Duran (Lucas), Jill Gumbs (Sam Vaughn), Maria Gutierrez (Sam Vaughn), Blong Thao (Sam Vaughn), Monica Wong-Perez (Sam Vaughn), Nerissa Boyd (Virginia Parks), Rachel Larriva (Virginia Parks), Leticia Rodriguez (Virginia Parks), Elizabeth Rossini (Virginia Parks), Clare Schoendienst (Virginia Parks), Darlene Tobler (Virginia Parks), Ernesto Garcia (Walter White), Heather Jones (Walter White), Chris Long (Walter White), Rochelle Mac Lean (Walter White), Denise McDade (Walter White), Stacey Medina (Walter White), Alice Naranjo (Walter White), Jennifer Warren (Walter White), Jose Arredondo (Westport Elementary), Megan Burt (Westport), German Gaytan (Westport), Kerin Koelewyn (Blaker-Kinser), Mitchell Newell (Blaker-Kinser), Deborah Voss (Blaker-Kinser), Jeannette Arciga (Chavez), Michelle Beckwith (Chavez), Terri Brown (Chavez), Sean Eddington (Chavez), Crystal Gonzalez (Chavez), Justin Riggs (Chavez), Janette Springer (Chavez), Jessica Campbell (Mae Hensley), Eric Corso (Mae Hensley), Rafael Fernandez (Mae Hensley), Rita Strange (Mae Hensley), Chelsi Koster (Argus/Endeavor), Justin Unruh (Argus/Endeavor), Wendy Wycoff (Argus/Endeavor), Del Camara (CVHS), Adriana Cazares (CVHS), Isaiah Deng (CVHS), Jonathan "Scott" Edwards (CVHS), Elisabeth Konynenberg (CVHS), Liz Lopez-Gonzalez (CVHS), Rebecca McGlinchy (CVHS), Jonathon Merchant (CVHS), Claudia Mitre (CVHS), Kristen Monzello (CVHS), Shally Nath (CVHS), James Nuss (CVHS), Clarissa Rowley (CVHS), Carolina Arellano (CHS), Pete Barrera (CHS), Matthew Castro (CHS), Nicole Diele (CHS), Ashly Espinoza (CHS), Maria Figueroa (CHS), Clinton Goblirsch (CHS), Timothy Heintz (CHS), Lorna Huerta (CHS), Randon Jones (CHS), Verenice Martinez-Coria (CHS), Kimberly McNeill (CHS), Marie Newell (CHS), Ana Pantoja (CHS), Amy Pezzoni (CHS), Brant Rose (CHS), Derrick Saenz-Payne (CHS), Tucker Schwarberg (CHS), Joseph Souza (CHS), Brittany Spielman (CHS), Narayan Bommireddy (Whitmore Charter), Antonio De Anda Jr. (Whitmore Charter), Mark Gallegos (Whitmore), Tanaia Green (Whitmore), Katie Mackey (Whitmore), JP Morgan Shapses (Whitmore), Autumn Sherwood (Whitmore), George Somers (Whitmore), Maria Duarte (Business Services/Child Nutrition Department), Kelly McBride (Business Services/Child Nutrition Department), Crystal Miller (Business Services/Child Nutrition Department), Zenaida Trujillo (Business Services/Child Nutrition Department), Carline Wagner (Business Services/Child Nutrition Department), Victor Castro (Business Services/Fiscal Services), Angel Delagrande Jr. (Business Services/Maintenance), Kim Hanson (Business Services/Transportation), Steven Merchant (Educational Services), Susan Neugebauer (Student Support Services), Richard Berdion (Student Support Services/Student Services Department), Sarvuth "Sean" Key (Student Support Services/Student Services Department), Fabiola Urena (Student Support Services/Student Services Department), Ricki Fortuna (Student Support Services/Child Welfare And Attendance), Elvira Lopez (Student Support Services /Child Welfare And Attendance), Maria Rosas (Student Support Services/Adult Education), Leigh Amistadi (Student Support Services/Special Education), Lorena Bugarin (Student Support Services/Special Education), Heather Burnett (Student Support Services/Special Education), Mary Foster (Student Support Services/Special Education), Danielle Krauss (Student Support Services/Special Education), Ana Zambrano-Sanchez (Student Support Services/Special Education), Veronica Canela (Student Support Services/Preschool & Headstart), Christina Fritchen (Student Support Services/Preschool & Headstart), Esmeralda Ortiz (Student Support Services/Preschool & Headstart), Maria Ruiz (Student Support Services/Preschool & Headstart) and Kelsi Van Rys (Student Support Services/Preschool & Headstart).