Schools
37 Framingham School Employees, With 800-Plus Years of Service, Retiring
Dunning Elementary school teacher Linda Bebeau, who is leaving the district after 39 years of service, said she was educated in the Framingham Public Schools too.
The Framingham School Committee held a reception for employees retiring from the Framingham Public Schools Tuesday night.
Framingham School Committee Chair Beverly Hugo said the 37 employees have more than 800 years of service.
Superintendent of Schools Stacy Scott read all the names, but less than a dozen employees were in attendance at the reception and to pick up their certificate.
"You are the backbone" of the system, said Scott. He thanked them for their effort and time.
School Committee member Andy Limeri said he estimated in total combined they had directly affected between 4,000 and 10,000 students.
Dunning Elementary school teacher Linda Bebeau said she was educated in the Framingham Public Schools. She was the most senior retiree with 39 years of service.
McCarthy Elementary has three teachers retiring, who combined for a total of 100 years of service. Plus the elementary school's office manager Christine Chesmore is retiring after 31 years of service.
There is a retiree for every school in the district except Potter Road Elementary and B.L.O.C.K.S. Preschool.
Below is the complete list of retirees and their years of service:
- Amanda Alfaro: Barbieri Elementary assistant special education teacher - 15 years
- Linda Bebeau: Dunning Elementary teacher - 39 years
- Marilyn Bishop: Fuller Middle nurse - 14 years
- Anne Cantor: Dunning Elementary K teacher - 17 years
- Virginia Catanese: Fuller Middle World Language teacher - 10 years
- Marlene Chaplin: Fuller Middle office manager - 19 years
- Christine Chesmore: McCarthy Elementary office manager - 31 years
- Robin Ciporkin: Fuller Middle gifted & talented teacher - 20 years
- Robert Connolly: Walsh Middle Technology teacher - 11 years
- Anna Cross: Director of Family Support - 22 years
- Diane Czajak: McCarthy Elementary teacher - 28 years
- Pamela DeJong: Hemenway Elementary nurse - 14 years
- Joan Deolivera: PCHP program coordinator - 13 years
- Marcy Farias: Framingham High Consumer Science teacher - 20 years
- Louis Fazio: Fuller music teacher - 33 years
- Maria Figueroa: Framingham High World Language Teacher - 30 years
- Dianne Fleming: Fuller Middle literacy specialist - 13 years
- Mary Forge: Stapleton Elementary teacher - 35 years
- Martha Fuentes: Barbieri Elementary Bilingual elementary teacher - 22 years
- Pamela Goldman: Wilson Elementary teacher- 27 years
- Ann Greenberg: Administrative Assistant to School Committee - 20 years
- Dorothy Hamilton: McCarthy elementary teacher - 35 years
- Marilyn Harington: Cameron Middle health teacher - 17 years
- Donna Lemoi: Hemenway Elementary assistant teacher - 30 years
- Marie Lopes-Murin: Framingham High Bilingual tester - 25 years
- Marilyn Machkowsky: Hemenway Kindergarten teacher - 29 years
- Michele Merusi: Framingham High special education teacher - 10 years
- Carrie Mitchell: Adult ESL Plus coordinator - 20 years
- Bonnie Newman: McCarthy Elementary teacher - 38 years
- William Paquette: Fuller Middle math teacher - 34 years
- Friderika Reif Small: Barbieri Elementary school psychologist - 16 years
- Michele Ross: Hemenway speech language pathologist - 32 years
- Janet Scott: Wilson Elementary special education teacher - 15 years
- Paula Silver-Maltzman: Wilson Elementary after-school coordinator - 14 years
- Sharon Silverman: Brophy Elementary secretary - 25 years
- Patricia Slater: Stapleton Elementary teacher - 14 years
- Patricia Towle: McCarthy Elementary teacher - 36 years
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