Williams MS clerk logs 25 years keeping district records

Melissa Quintero spent three years at Dowling Middle School as a student in the early 1980’s—then many more there as an adult. Now serving as a records clerk at Williams Middle School, she marked her 25^th anniversary with HISD on March 18, with most of that time spent at Dowling.

“It was strange, at first,” Quintero said, of working with some of her former teachers. “But it all worked out after a while.”

Now in her third year at Williams, Quintero said she always expected to work at HISD. “My mother was a school secretary for 30 years,” explained the Madison High School graduate. “And I’ve been so happy here, I never looked to go anywhere else.”

Many other HISD employees marked milestones this week or over Spring Break—see if you know anyone on this list:

30 years

 

• Silvia Ysais, teacher, White ES

25 years

• Ann Foley, teacher, T. H. Rogers
• Mario Lara, bus driver, Transportation Services
• Sharon Newton, bus driver, Transportation Services
• Barbara Sandoval, bus driver, Transportation Services
• Alice Vega, student information rep., DeChaumes ES

20 years

 

• Raul Cruz, plant operator, Roberts ES
• Margie Davis, teaching assistant, Mading ES
• Nora Garcia, Medicaid, property management
• Latonya Smith, school business manager, Washington HS

15 years

• Sonya Crawford, teacher, Coop ES
• Gloria Johnson, security guard, Harper Alternative
• Lucinda Lucio, teaching assistant, Rusk School
• Marilyn Powell, teacher, Yates HS
• Thomas Rena, teacher, Marshall MS
• Myrthala Rodriguez, secretary, Board Services
• Leslie Shore, teacher, Carrillo ES
• Maria Zamarripa, plant operator, Thompson ES

10 years

• Elizabeth Bustos, teacher, Sutton ES
• Jason Carson, teacher, Westside HS
• Sylvia Cashman, teacher, Crockett ES
• Martha Castillo, attendant, Food Services
• Shemekia Doyle, teacher, Piney Point ES
• Weldon Ellis, crossing guard, Barrick ES
• Iris Ferguson, teacher, Petersen ES
• Corey Gonsoulin, teacher, Thomas MS
• Curtis Harris, field safety inspector, Transportation Services
• Benito Hernandez, teacher, Cage ES
• Maria Jaquez, custodian, Fonville MS
• Michael Liu, teacher, Mandarin Chinese Immersion School
• Lee McCoy, crossing guard, Wilson Montessori
• Martha Medrano, secretary, J. R. Harris ES
• Sally Milwee, teacher, McReynolds MS
• Johnnie Nwogwugwu, associate teacher
• Priscilla Quiocho, teacher, Parker ES
• Juana Ramirez, attendant, Food Services
• Pamela Robertson, teacher, Shadowbriar ES
• Lenora Scott, secretary, Grady MS
• Cassandra Watson-Combre, teacher, Chavez HS
• Erma Williams, attendant, Food Services
• Michele Wooten, associate teacher

5 years

• José Gomez, carpenter, Construction and Facilities Services
• Cassandra Harris, attendant, Food Services
• José Hernandez, asbestos abatement worker, Construction and Facilities Services
• Sonia Herrera, attendant, Food Services
• Sherard Hooper, teacher, Yates HS
• Bunnestine Lowery, associate teacher
• Nelson Narvaez-Ochoa, custodian, Herrera ES
• Catherine Patterson, associate teacher
• Michelle Reese, teacher, Reagan K-8
• Sonya Roberts, associate teacher
• Lisa Robinson, teacher, Shearn ES
• Milagro Sasmita, teacher, Benavidez ES
• Michael Simmons, teacher, Furr HS
• Timothy Smith, systems administrator, Information Technology
• Andres Zuniga-Herrera, painter, Construction and Facilities Services

Check back next Friday for more March 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.