Bittersweet Farewells

A total of 16 employees are retiring froom Solanco School District. The retirees provided a combined 420 years of service to Solanco students, parents, and the community.

Cindy Burkhart was a third-grade teacher at Providence Elementary School. Burkhart's nearly 25-year career at Solanco includes teaching second grade at Quarryville Elementary from 1987 to 1993 and third grade at Providence since 2002.

Kathy Croyle began working at Solanco in 1992. During her time at Solanco, Croyle served as an elementary reading specialist and Title 1 lead interventionist at Bart-Colerain and Clermont.

Pat Curran came to Solanco in 1990, and her career includes teaching second grade for 29 years and third grade for two years at Clermont and the former Fulton elementaries.

Mary Pat Koller began teaching at Solanco in 1991 and has taught third grade for 24 years and fifth grade for six years at Clermont and Bart-Colerain.

Susan Linde has taught elementary music as well as elementary and middle school string music at Bart-Colerain, Clermont, Providence, and Quarryville elementary schools and Smith and Swift middle schools. During her 35-year career, she also taught in the former Fulton and Little Britain elementary schools.

Diana Lyons' 27-year career includes serving as learning support teacher, emotional support teacher, alternative education teacher, and block teacher (language arts and social studies) at Bart-Colerain Elementary and Smith and Swift middle schools.

Karen Stauffer joined Solanco in 1990. During her 31-year career at Swift, Stauffer taught learning support, LEAD, block (language arts and social studies), and English as a Second Language; she has also served at lead teacher for the Middle Level Language Arts Department.

Rob Althouse came to Solanco in 1987 and has taught social studies at Solanco High School for 34 years.

Matt Bruns' 36-year career in the technology education department at Solanco High School began in 1985. He has taught metal working, wood working, manufacturing systems, graphic communications, design engineering, photography, and digital photography. Three of Bruns' former students - Phil Weaver, Derrick Kreider, and Todd Brown - are now teachers in the Solanco School District.

Don Fisher taught business education and accounting at Solanco High School for 35 years. Fisher's career began in 1986 and includes serving as coach for Solanco basketball, baseball and football and as a class adviser, Student Senate adviser, and Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) adviser.

Lisa Schell has taught mathematics at Solanco for 22 years, with a total of 30 years in teaching.

Peggy Gordon joined Solanco on a part-time basis in 1994, then began working full-time as a tax office clerk and moved to payroll in 2002.

Keith Kaufman joined Solanco in 2002 as director of communications. In addition to his work with the district, he has been involved with the Solanco Education Foundation and the Southern Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce.

Wanda Wagner was the cafeteria manager at Clermont. Her 31-year career at Solanco also includes service in the cafeteria at the former Little Britain Elementary School.

Sally Montgomery joined Solanco in 2014 and has worked in emotional support at Providence Elementary and Swift Middle School.

Wendy Yannucci's seven-year career at Solanco began in 2014 when she joined the custodial staff at Clermont.

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