The 29 people retiring from Cranston Public Schools this year – including central administrators, principals, classroom teachers, teacher assistants, bus drivers, bus aides and custodians – are leaving with a combined service time of nearly 700 years in the city’s educational system.

They are Harry T. Cowell, Kirsten Sorensen, Deborah Truchon and Patricia Williams of Cranston High School East; Lorraine Wright of Bain Middle School; Joy Asadoorian-Morgan of Hope Highlands Middle School; Cathleen Monroe of Park View Middle School; Carol Cullen, Shirley Lombardi, Catherine McGowan, Cheryl Merluzzo and John Nardolillo of Western Hills Middle School; Principal Michelle David of Arlington Elementary School; Anne Clesas of Eden Park Elementary School; Audrey Hirsh of Peters Elementary School; Catherine Cormier of Rhodes Elementary School; Lynn Covill of Stone Hill Elementary School; social worker Jeanmarie Manni; bus driver Donna Pezza; bus aide Debra Peluso; custodians Elena Schiappa and Bruce Stadelbauer; administrative assistant Janice Richards; teacher assistant Dorothy Surtel; part-time teacher assistants Lillian Maintainis and Maureen Waldeck; and district COO Raymond L. Votto Jr.

“These people dedicated their lives to enriching the lives of Cranston students in so many ways,” Superintendent Jeannine Nota-Masse said. “We will miss all of their faces around our buildings. Cranston Public Schools thanks all of them for their years of hard work. They are certainly entitled to a quiet and restful retirement.”