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Board honors longtime staff retirees and approves Class of 2025 trellis gift
Summary
Trustees and colleagues paid tribute to several long‑serving staff — including Martin Lewis, Barbara Horst, Hannah Bjork and Rachel Whitman — and approved the Class of 2025’s proposed living wall trellis as a senior gift.
The board meeting included lengthy tributes to several retiring staff members. Colleagues and board members offered personal recollections and formal thanks for decades of classroom service.
Jen Kessler and other colleagues spoke about Martin Lewis’s 18 years at Wildwood and his contributions to arts integration, curriculum development and student mentorship. Anne Dolid and other presenters highlighted Barbara Horst’s work in the inclusion program at Havens. Hannah Bjork and Rachel Whitman also received remarks from principals and coworkers describing their instructional and operational contributions.
Separately, the board approved a request from district staff to accept the Class of 2025 gift: a four‑panel living trellis to be installed at the Twenties Building, including a plaque that will read 'Piedmont High School Class of 2025.' The motion to accept the gift passed unanimously.
Trustees thanked retiring staff and congratulated the graduating class on their gift and upcoming ceremonies.
