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Montclair School District Bids Farewell To Its Longest-Serving Worker
Lynda Alves worked for more than a half-century in the personnel office before her retirement. She is "admired and loved," her peers say.
MONTCLAIR, NJ — The Montclair Public School District has bid a fond farewell to its longest-serving employee, Lynda Alves.
Alves retired Friday after working for 53 years in the district's personnel office, administrators said. A Montclair native, she attended Hillside (when it was a K-8 school) and graduated from Montclair High School.
After business school and a stint with a pharmaceutical company, Alves joined the personnel office in 1970. By the middle of that decade, she’d rose to the position of executive secretary to the personnel director, a job she held for the rest of her career.
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Known for her work ethic, easy sense of humor and “grace under fire,” Alves’ career spanned 10 directors and 10 permanent superintendents.
“Lynda has anchored the personnel office with exemplary service for half a century,” current superintendent Jonathan Ponds said.
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“She is admired and loved across the district,” Ponds added. “I wish her a wonderful retirement.”
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