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Florence Unified board honors retiring staff and student award winners at May 12 meeting
Summary
At its May 12 regular meeting, the Florence Unified School District honored retiring employees and recognized students across grade levels in a lengthy awards presentation and moment of silence for two deceased staff members.
The Florence Unified School District governing board spent the opening portion of its May 12 meeting honoring employees and students, recognizing retirees and presenting awards across the district.
Board members and staff opened the meeting with a moment of silence for two district employees identified on the record as Amy Demuse, a speech-language pathologist, and Greg Johnson, a social studies teacher at Florence High School. The board then read names of dozens of staff and students receiving school- and department-level awards, service plaques for employees with 20 and 25 years of consecutive service, and retiree recognitions.
Toby Hogan, introduced on the record as the district’s director of human resources, led the retiree recognition and was acknowledged as leaving after 22 years to become superintendent of J.L. Combs. The board thanked the Florence Friends of Kids First Foundation for fundraising that supports awards and scholarships; the meeting included an informal reference to prior tournament fundraising totals.
The student recognitions covered K3 through high school recipients and concluded with a reminder that senior students would walk at graduation the following Thursday. The awards presentation lasted approximately 20 minutes in the meeting and concluded before the board moved on to routine business items such as the consent agenda and budget votes.
