Of the 229 Cobb school retirees honored by the Cobb County School District on Thursday, some of the longest-serving teachers and staff have been at East Cobb schools. They include the following, with their total years of service to the district:
- Lassiter High School food services manager Jeannie Ledbetter, 39 years;
Deborah Poss - Lassiter High School teacher Donald Slater, 38 years;
- Walton High School custodian Lawrence Moon, 36 years;
- Lassiter High School teacher Deborah Poss, 35 years;
- East Side Elementary School teacher Debra Denise Clackum, 35 years.
“It is the greatest part-time job with benefits that you could ever have. You get summers off. You get to enjoy life,” Ledbetter said.
The luncheon took place at Roswell Street Baptist Church, and Lassiter student Will Cole took part in the festivities by singing the national anthem; he’s pictured below.
The total service logged by the retiring 229 employees comes to 5,009 years.
(Information and photos submitted by Cobb County School District)
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I am just curious why you never mention Sprayberry. It is located in “East Cobb” as well. There were 5 ladies with over 114 years of service that were at the same celebration today.
It really irks me that Sprayberry is consistently left out of the East Cobb news.
If you are going to cover East Cobb news stories. Please be fair.
This story is about East Cobb cityhood, not about Sprayberry. I clarified in the story that the proposed city of East Cobb does not include the Sprayberry and Kell clusters.
We have covered the egg drop, the Sprayberry Corners issue and last summer we were the only media outlet to cover the 65th anniversary of Sprayberry High School.