• Tahoe Valley teachers and Principal surround Cindy Gronwold.
  • Cindy Gronwold, Karla Peterson and Lupe Morales de Harlan

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Lake Tahoe Unified School District (LTUSD) celebrated nine of its teachers and staff members on Friday at a retirement party at South Tahoe High. They retire after a total of 229.5 years of service.

Certified

Jill Colvin – 38 years – Special Education Teacher: Workability
Cindy Gronwold – 37 years – Elementary Teacher (Kindergarten)
Kathleen Whatford – 37 years – Physical Education
Michael Nagano – 27 years – Special Education Teacher
Suzy Allione – 25 years – Social SciencemTeacher
Socorro Sanchez – 22.5 years – Elementary TWBI Teacher
Karla Peterson – 3 years – School Nurse (After 40+ years as a nurse in the ER and ICU).

Classified

Camille Ault – years -31 years – SPED Instructional Assistant
Lupe Morales de Harlan – 9 years – Cafeteria Supervisor

The retirees were all given a bag of beach tools to start their vacations off with, along with a certificate, and card/gift from the Lake Tahoe Education Foundation.