Christine Mazurkiewicz Named Classified Employee of the Year

Christine Mazurkiewicz, Lead Nutrition Services Assistant at , has been selected as (CUSD) 2010-11 Classified Employee of the Year. She and two other finalists, Worker’s Compensation/Benefits Technician Laurie McCormick and Web Developer Sharan Merchant, will be honored at the May 11 Board of Trustees meeting. She will vie for countywide honors.

Throughout the school year, classified employees of each month are nominated by District administrators for consistently performing above and beyond in the scope of their jobs. Recently, a selection committee consisting of two board members from the classified union and two school principals chose the three finalists and the ultimate Classified Employee of the Year.

Mazurkiewicz, a ten-year District employee, was originally nominated for Classified Employee of October 2010 by Kelly Principal for providing outstanding service to students during last fall’s remodeling of the school’s kitchen. Armstrong states, “Chris maintained healthy and satisfying nutritional services for the children by moving wherever there was space to accommodate her equipment and by creatively setting up an outdoor café. Chris managed to make the remodel not a disruption, but an adventure.” 

Mazurkiewicz follows in the footsteps of her mom, Kathy Calkins, a now-retired longtime Lead Nutrition Services employee at Hope Elementary. Nutrition and Purchasing Services Director Michelle Johnson says, “Chris exemplifies what everyone in the food service profession knows: you have to be ready for anything. Her first concern is the students. We are very proud to have her as part of our team.”

Saying she is very pleased to receive the recognition, Mazurkiewicz states, “I love my job and my school!”