Each year, the Contra Costa County Office of Education (CCCOE), in partnership with the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA), participates in the California State Classified School Employee of the Year (CSEY) program, coordinated by the California Department of Education. This program highlights the contributions of exemplary classified school employees that support and play a key role in promoting student achievement, safety, and health in California public schools, from preschool through 12th grade. On May 3, the CCCOE and ACSA introduced this year’s 13 county esteemed county award nominees, as well as three California State Award honorees at a well-attended reception, held at the CCCOE, in Pleasant Hill.
The following three are the 2019-2019 Contra Costa County Classified Employees of the Year Honorees:
- Para-Educator and Instructional Assistant category – Jennifer Broder Haglund, Classroom Para Educator, San Ramon Valley Unified School District
- Maintenance, Operations, and Facilities category – David Argueta, Head Custodian, Lafayette School District
- Office and Technical category – Michelle Brobak, School Secretary, Orinda Union School District
And, one of those three honorees was recently named by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond as a California State Classified School Employee of the Year! Congratulations to Michelle Brobak, school secretary, at Del Rey Elementary, in the Orinda Union School District. Brobak is one of six 2018-2019 Classified School Employees of the Year, representing the “Office and Technical” category. Brobak and her fellow 2018-2019 State Classified School Employees of the Year, will be honored by Thurmond at a luncheon in Sacramento on Thursday, May 23.
The following 13 are the 2018-2019 Contra Costa County Classified Employees of the Year Nominees:
Maintenance, Operations, & Facilities category:
- Donald Golinveaux, Night Custodian, Brentwood Union School District
- Michael Lent, Maintenance Craftsmen, Orinda Union School District
- Michael Fobbs, Grounds Equipment Operator, Pittsburg Unified School District
- Rolly Valdez, Head Custodian, Walnut Creek School District
Office and Technical category:
- Andrea Zeigler, Secretary, Brentwood Union School District
- Gina Schenk, Purchasing Technician, Contra Costa County Office of Education
- Christie Quinn, School Administrative Assistant, Contra Costa County Office of Education
- Anita Dumay, Child Nutrition Senior Technician, Pittsburg Unified School District
Para-Educator and Instructional Assistant category:
- Sharon Caldwell, Paraprofessional, Liberty Union High School District
- Janice Taconni, Para-Educator, Martinez Unified School District
- Celia Cornejo, Instructional Assistant, Orinda Union School District
- Bonnie Flannery, Para Educator, Pittsburg Unified School District
- Ljubica Chase, Para-Professional, Walnut Creek School District
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