Among the retirees honored at the May 18 Northampton Area School District Board of Education meeting were, from left, Roger Klotz, Cindy Brown and Patricia Jones. Said NASD Superintendent of Schools Joseph Kovalchik, right, "We've lost over 500 years of total education this year as a result of retirements." The following retirees were honored at the 2015 employee recognition dinner at Barnhouse Village, Bath: Linda Berry, Lehigh Elementary School teacher, 26 years; Cindy Brown, Moore Elementary School secretary, 35 years; Patricia Daubenspeck, George Wolf Elementary School teacher, 29 years; John Davis, Northampton Area High School history teacher, 30 years; Nancy Godiska, Lehigh Elementary School speech and language teacher, 23 years; Jayne Hartzog, instructional technology specialist, 13 years; Kerry Haydt, George Wolf Elementary School custodian, 13 years; Patricia Jones, Northampton Area Middle School English teacher, 20 years; Mark Jonkman, Northampton Area Middle School music teacher-band director, 36 years; Linda Keller, Northampton Area Middle School special education teacher, six years; Roger Klotz, Northampton Area Middle School science teacher, 34 years; Carol Kowaleski, Northampton Area Middle School math teacher, 34 years; Sally Kozma, Northampton Area High School science teacher, 9.5 years; JoAnn Marzen, Northampton Area Middle School math teacher, 27 years; Patricia Masonheimer, Lehigh Elementary School teacher, 27 years; Kristine Sage Meeker, Northampton Area High School instructional assistant, 24 years; Michele Parise, Northampton Area Middle School special education teacher, 35 years; Sara Raub, Northampton Area Middle School German teacher, 15 years; Mary Beth Sisko, Northampton Area Middle School English teacher, 33 years; Jonathan Terry, Northampton Area Middle School science teacher-planetarium director, 34 years; Linda Troxell, Moore Elementary School cafeteria monitor, 20 years; Eileen Vandegrift, Siegfried Elementary School special education teacher, 15 years; Edwina Vlossak, Lehigh Elementary School instructional assistant, 20 years; and Stephanie Wuchter, Siegfried Elementary School custodian, six years.