Over 30 Moorhead Area Public Schools employees retired throughout the 2020-21 school year. The combined years the employees worked at the district totals over 800. The collective impact these educators and staff members have had on students cannot be measured. The school district is grateful for the countless hours of dedication and passion each person brought to the team.
Ruth Smith, administrative assistant, is retiring after 38 years at the school district. She is the most long-standing employee retiring this year. Smith started in 1983, expecting to stay a year and then find another job. Thirty-eight years later, she wouldn’t change a thing.
Smith has many memories over her years working for the team, but she will always remember working together to solve challenges the most. Every day in the transportation department was unique.
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2020-21 Retirees
| Kristi Ammerman, 29 years Patti Beiswenger, 23 years Jennifer Butze, 34 years John Dobmeier, 10 years Tom Dooher, 30 years Gail Ferguson, 27 years Bonnie Henkelman, 12 years Stephenie Herbranson, 19 years Diana Johnson, 24 years Helga Jones, 21 | Jana Kasper, 35 years Dianne Lapka, 32 years Chip Lyslo, 26 years Julie Morlock, 23 years Kim Nelson, 33 years Kay Nomeland, 14 years Donna Norquay, 28 years Beth Olson, 24 years Linda Pederson, 30 years Terri Puffe, 27 years Deborah Ramsett, 23 years | David Schempp, 9 years Deb Shasky, 11 years Nancy Smemo, 19 years Jim Smith, 36 years Ruth Smith, 38 years Lynne Stig, 35 years Donna Tvedt, 21 years Jean Walker, 21 years Jolene Wiebold, 19 years Kari Yates, 15 years Katherine Zander Pallen, 29 years Diane Zitzow, 28 years |