School-One-On-One: Meet Diane Braitsch and Patricia Ann Kunzmann

Welcome to a new feature on Patch where we profile the many individuals who make up the school community.

For our debut edition of this new feature we start off by profiling two individuals who work together to run the high school main office every day – Meet Diane Braitsch and Patricia Ann Kunzmann, administrative assistants.

Diane Braitsch and Patricia Ann Kunzmann may both have their own responsibilities in the high school main office but the two come together to make the day-to-day operation complete.

Braitsch has been working in the main office for 13 years now and Kunzmann has now been at the office since this past May moving over from the guidance department to replace someone who retired. Kunzmann has been with the school district for 38 years. She spent most of those years working in the guidance department at the high school and worked for a short time at the Board of Education office.

Braitsch has been with the district for just about 20 years. Prior to her 13 years at the high school main office, she worked part-time originally and then became a full-time member of the library staff at one of the grammar schools for six years.

Both are Heights residents as well. Originally from New York, Kunzmann has been living in Heights since 1969. Braitsch said she moved to Heights in 1983.

Each day Braitsch and Kunzmann interact with the students, teachers and parents in the busy office and they enjoy the interaction.  Braitsch says she enjoys watching the kids grow and looks forward to the annual events like the senior luncheon, awards and graduation.

Kunzmann has had parents come in that she remembers when they were high school students themselves. And many remember her. Just recently one of the current students told Kunzmann that his mother remembers that she was the one she worked with to get her working papers back when she was in high school.