Evan McFadden was director of Parkrose Alternative Center for Education for decades. Part of PACE’s annual community outreach was to have students collect, prepare and deliver hundreds of hygiene kits to the homeless. He shows off one of the kits in 2007.
STAFF/2007
This month, school gets underway in the Parkrose School district without the long-serving teachers, classified staff and district employees who retired in June. In May, the district held a party celebrating its retiring employees. Students and coworkers will miss them as another school year begins.
Those honored included:
Evan McFadden: 30 years, high school alternative center teacher
Lois White: 26 years, media assistant
Darlene Heard: 21 years, lead custodian
Kristi Hall: 19 years, bus driver
Karen Archuleta: 18 years, special education assistant
Mary Larson: 16 years, business services and operations director
Scott Wood: 15 years, maintenance supervisor
David Whitfield: 10 years, high school math teacher.
Lois White, middle, who was a media assistant in the Parkrose School District for 26 years, was one of many retiring employees celebrated at a May event.
COURTESY DON STAPLETON
Darlene Heard, right, who was lead custodian in the Parkrose School District for 21 years, was honored at the May event.
COURTESY DON STAPLETON
Mary Larson, right, was the school district’s business services and operations director for 16 years.” In 2014, she’s pictured with husband Rick at the annual Parkrose Educational Foundation dinner and auction.
STAFF/2014
Dave Whitfield, right, who was a math teacher at the high school for 10 years, is a strong union supporter. In 2012, he’s pictured counting votes for a possible teacher strike.
STAFF/2012
