Team lead still keeping buses ship-shape after 30 years

Eulice Navy, a repair team lead with HISD’s Transportation Services Department, has been helping keep students safe as they ride on district vehicles for more than three decades.

The 30-year veteran, who came aboard in 1982, oversees the repair of buses at the Butler Motor Pool, checking his technicians’ work and making sure their equipment is well-maintained and in good working order. He celebrated his anniversary with the district on Jan. 13.

“I didn’t think I would be here that long,” admitted Navy, who plans to keep working for the district until he retires. “But as time went on, working with the district became more rewarding, and the next thing I knew it was 2000.”

Many other HISD employees are also marking milestones this week—see if you know anyone on this list: 

30 years

• Mauro Chacon, plant operator, Construction and Facilities Services
• Wilner Desange, custodian, DeBakey HS
• Doris Calderon, teacher, Deaf Campus

25 years

• Andrea Bonner, teacher, Community Services
• Catalina Cardenas, teaching assistant, Farias ECC
• Sandra Frear, teacher, Northline ES
• Joseph Jackson, sergeant, HISD Police Department

20 years

• Moses Stevens, custodian, Bellaire HS
• Loria Fontenot, custodian, Ross ES
• Joy Boulos, teacher, Benavidez ES
• Sherry McGrew, associate teacher, Pershing MS
• Jessie Chevallier, crossing guard, Coop ES
• Marie Kyle, teacher, Kolter ES
• Guillermina Jasso de Garcia, teacher, Park Place ES
• Michel Pompilus, plant operator, Cook ES
• Ray Kanzig, teacher, Westside HS
• Carleton Casteel, librarian,Bellaire HS

15 years

• Jose Navarrete, plant operator, Carnegie Vanguard HS
• Labrica Burris, teacher, Westside HS
• Michelle Ramos, librarian, Sam Houston MSTC
• Maria Ramirez, custodian, Carrillo ES
• Linda Maxey, custodian, Hartsfield ES
• Tao Tran, budget clerk, Accounts Payable
• Evelyn Polio, clerk, Long MS
• Nelda Blanco, teaching assistant, Oak Forest ES
• Donna Bolden, teacher, Madison HS

10 years

• Lynnetta Fenley-Hoskins, clerk, Dowling MS
• Leslie Johnston, teacher, Ketelsen ES
• Rodger Brown, teacher, Lamar HS
• Lanazel Rogers, teacher, Windsor Village ES
• Margarita Gonzales, attendant, Food Services
• Dolores Galdamez, teaching assistant, Sharpstown Intl.
• Shemika Wade, teacher, Marshall MS
• Anne Malone, teacher, Horn ES
• Sofia Rangel, teacher, Highland Heights ES
• Renee Jenkins, clerk, Montgomery ES
• Nancy Rodriguez, teacher, Dodson ES
• Dorothy Harris, teacher, Chávez HS
• Walter Johnson, teacher, Dowling MS

5 years

• Luz del Carmen DeAnda, assistant principal, Lee HS
• Elsie Ekwo, teacher, Herod ES
• Byron Quisenberry, associate teacher     
• Juanita Sandoval, police officer, Bellaire HS
• Tyrell Davis, teaching assistant, Park Place ES
• Jayne Snow, teacher, Bellaire HS
• Xylia Lassiter, Magnet coordinator, T. H. Rogers
• Erroll Franklin, teacher, Eliot ES
• Chloe Cook, teacher, Bruce ES
• Shelley Bobb, clerk, Lockhart ES
• Rosa Velasquez, custodian, Dowling MS
• Bronchell Johnson, teacher, Mitchell ES
• Janet Aligo, associate teacher
• Rhonda Thomas, evaluation specialist, Child Study
• Cathleen Narsete, teacher, Briarmeadow Charter
• Maria Mays, teacher, Burrus ES
• Katelyn Maida, clerk, Oak Forest ES
• Renee Weller, teacher, Westbury HS
• Takisha Bolden, teacher development specialist, Professional Development
• Remeaga Washington, associate teachers

Check back next Friday for more January Milestones – and if you know someone who should be featured in this space, let us know at info@houstonisd.org. Leave a comment below if you’d like to congratulate any of the above employees.