Sixteen teachers who serve in local public schools in Pasadena are retiring this year.
According to a document shared by Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) spokesman Bob Mosier five elementary schools, two middle schools and two high schools are each losing long-serving educators this fall.
Many of the teachers retiring throughout the county have served their communities for 30 years or more.
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Listed below are the teachers and administrators retiring from local schools, with their total years of service in the education field.
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- Dorothy Kolakowski, first-grade, 21 years.
- Kathleen Rellihan, special education, 31 years.
- Deborah Shacklock, physical education, 36 years.
- Barbara Bangert, third grade, 27 years.
- Susan Engstrom, media specialist, 32 years.
- Sylvia Jones, first grade, 31 years.
- Mary Davis, second grade, 35 years.
- Nancy Flythe, fourth grade, 38 years.
- Alice Bieman, language arts, 16 years.
- Debra Thacker, family and consumer science, 33 years.
- Nancy Weed, family and consumer science, 35 years.
- Mary Evans, special education, 40 years.
- Joseph Ward, art department chairman, 39 years.
- Bonnie Bowen, social studies, 20 years.
- Linda Kerschner, English, 34 years.
- Alan Kohlhafer, business, 36 years.
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