‘Stepping stone’ turns into 30-year career for senior analyst
Aaron Daitz never intended to stay at HISD for three decades. But after getting a call from HISD recruiters, the former math teacher accepted a job in the district’s Research Department in 1984. “They needed someone to manage six programmers who performed statistical analysis,” said Daitz, now a senior compliance analyst and the district’s PEIMS coordinator, “and I figured it would be a good stepping stone.”
Fast forward 30 years, and Daitz is still a member of Team HISD. And though he has held a number of different positions in that time, the common denominator in all of them has been numbers.
“I like working with data, statistics, and computers,” he said. “For me, it’s not stressful. I guess I’ve been around long enough that nothing really fazes me anymore.”
Daitz says his favorite part of the job is making sure that data is accurate, so schools can maximize the funding they receive from the state. “PEIMS is the district’s bread and butter,” he said, “because funding is based on data.”
Daitz officially marked his 30th anniversary with the district on April 16, but several other employees are also marking theirs this week (April 13–19). See if you know anyone on this list:
30 years
- Rosemary Fuentes, senior student information rep., Federal and State Compliance
20 years
- Berry Conley Jr, warehouser, Food Services
- Moreno Daniel, clerk, Operations Administration
- Kenetra Provo, clerk, Kashmere Gardens ES
15 years
- SanJuana Silva, teaching assistant, Field ES
10 years
- Nicolas Alvarado, customer service rep., Information Technology
- Philip Camp, teacher, Milby HS
- Monica Davalos, teacher, Berry ES
- Dolores Del Bosque, clerk, Dávila ES
- Eulogio Gonzalez, custodian, Construction & Facility Services
- Harris George, custodian, Construction & Facility Services
- Ramiro Magana, crossing guard, Burbank ES
- Renesiaha Marshall, instructional specialist, Foerster ES
- Antwon Mercier, plant operator, Construction & Facility Services
- Carolyn Newhouse, bus driver, Transportation Services
- Patrick O’Heron, teacher, Sharpstown Intl. School
- Molly Prescott, teaching assistant, T. H. Rogers MS
- Maria Tejada, custodian, Construction & Facility Services
- Evelyn Udoete, associate teacher
5 years
- Maria Altamirano, custodian, Construction & Facility Services
- Juan Figueroa, custodian, Construction & Facility Services
- Agueda Banda, non-instructional aide, Oates ES
- Darrell Bell, bus driver, Transportation Services
- Leslie Busby, team leader, Crossing Guards
- Joseph Carmouche, lecturer, MacGregor ES
- Maria Chavez, teacher, Helms ES
- Joe Christopher, teaching assistant, Pershing MS
- Sherry Mitchell, clerk, Furr HS
- Jacqueline Mouton, bus driver, Transportation Services
- Ronashy Ricks, attendant team leader, Food Services
- Jeffrey Shalin, teacher, Lamar HS
| Check back next Friday for more April Milestones. Leave a comment below if you’d like to congratulate any of the above employees. |
Way to go Aaron! Congratulations! I must add that he is such a great person to collaborate with, every time I am working on a project I can always count on Aaron for reliable data. Thank you Aaron!