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District honors 33 employees for perfect attendance; program includes certificates and challenge coins
Summary
Putnam County School District recognized 33 employees for perfect attendance during the 2024–25 school year with certificates and commemorative challenge coins; the board heard details of where staff were recognized and that administrators are seeking additional partner gifts for honorees.
The Putnam County School Board heard a presentation recognizing 33 district employees who achieved perfect attendance during the 2024–25 school year. The awards include certificates and district-branded challenge coins.
Why it mattered: The district said the recognition aims to reward reliability among transportation, food service, maintenance, instructional and support staff — many of whom work schedules that make afternoon board ceremonies difficult.
Miss Whitehurst explained that recipients came from multiple departments: maintenance (Jim Constantino), IT (George Matchett), multiple school food service employees (including Lindsey Roberts at Moseley and Elizabeth Wells at Crescent City Junior Senior High), transportation staff from central, south and west bus compounds, and several classroom teachers (including Deonte Holloway at Jenkins Elementary, Christopher Williams at Moseley, and Jack Dockery at Aquila). She said staff visited bus compounds and cafeterias to present certificates and challenge coins to employees who had no vacation, sick leave or flex days during the year.
Whitehurst also read a letter from a parent praising Jenkins Elementary teacher Kimberly Fleming for long-term dedication to students; the letter was addressed to the board and to district staff and was read into the record.
Action: No formal board action was required. Trustees thanked staff and noted the program was new for 2024–25 and intended to be repeated.
What’s next: District leaders said they would continue the recognition program, seek small partner gifts to augment the awards, and keep trustees informed about participation and any program refinements.
