The average person in the United States changes jobs every 4.1 years, according to 2008 numbers from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. That means the average worker will change jobs about 7 to 10 times in their careers.
Obviously, Jerry Guth is not the average person. Guth, who is retiring as a social studies teacher at Monroe High School at the end of the school year, will have worked 36 years in the district. He's not even the person with the longest tenure retiring this year.
That honor belongs to Lynne Rufenacht, a fourth-grade instructor at Northside Elementary School. She's retiring after 38 1/2 years in the district.
All told, 21 retirees in the district have a total of 614 years of service in Monroe schools. Thirteen of them have 30 or more years of experience in the district.
These are not average workers, obviously. They are extraordinary. It's difficult for most of us to imagine working for 10 years in the same place, let alone 30 or more.
For that very reason alone, the retirees in the Monroe school district deserve a congratulations, and a thank you from those whose lives they have impacted. But when you look at the list of retirees' names on today's front page of the newspaper, it's obvious that these individuals did more than just put in their time in the Monroe school district. They did some extraordinary things, and they made a positive impact on countless Monroe students through the years.
Today's newspaper edition includes the list of retirees. It also includes a reference to our Web site, where readers are encouraged to post their words of thanks and congratulations to these departing educators. We hope you take the opportunity to visit our home page at www.themonroetimes.com and click on our list of district retirees and take a few minutes to tell the teachers, aides, administrators and librarians who are leaving how much they've meant to you or your children.
Thank them for a job well done.
Obviously, Jerry Guth is not the average person. Guth, who is retiring as a social studies teacher at Monroe High School at the end of the school year, will have worked 36 years in the district. He's not even the person with the longest tenure retiring this year.
That honor belongs to Lynne Rufenacht, a fourth-grade instructor at Northside Elementary School. She's retiring after 38 1/2 years in the district.
All told, 21 retirees in the district have a total of 614 years of service in Monroe schools. Thirteen of them have 30 or more years of experience in the district.
These are not average workers, obviously. They are extraordinary. It's difficult for most of us to imagine working for 10 years in the same place, let alone 30 or more.
For that very reason alone, the retirees in the Monroe school district deserve a congratulations, and a thank you from those whose lives they have impacted. But when you look at the list of retirees' names on today's front page of the newspaper, it's obvious that these individuals did more than just put in their time in the Monroe school district. They did some extraordinary things, and they made a positive impact on countless Monroe students through the years.
Today's newspaper edition includes the list of retirees. It also includes a reference to our Web site, where readers are encouraged to post their words of thanks and congratulations to these departing educators. We hope you take the opportunity to visit our home page at www.themonroetimes.com and click on our list of district retirees and take a few minutes to tell the teachers, aides, administrators and librarians who are leaving how much they've meant to you or your children.
Thank them for a job well done.
