ISD 728 Retirees Include Several with Decades of Service

From a past superintendent to longtime teachers, senior assistants and head custodians, we celebrate with these employees who spent their time with the ISD 728 family. Retirement means, for many, a new chapter, and we’re looking forward to seeing what they write! 

To our retirees: Thank you for choosing to spend your time with us in ISD 728. You made a difference in a child’s life. And that is a true calling. We appreciate you. We wish you the best on the next phase of your journey. And we hope you come back and see us any time!

Name - Building - Years of Service

Karen Gfoerer - Prairie View Elementary - 10

Dan Bittman - District Office - 8 

Michelle Hansen - Twin Lakes Elementary - 18 

Todd Johnson - District Service Center - 11

Jeffrey Flanagan - District Service Center - 4

Roxanne Harstad - Twin Lakes Elementary - 31

Janet Smith - Zimmerman Middle/High - 14

Susan Parker - District Office - 28

Terry Brigges - ECFE - 25

Linda Derner - Twin Lakes Elementary - 19

Jill Vickerman Jopp - Twin Lakes Elementary - 29

Deborah Derosier - Community Education - 19

Ronald Vassar - Hassan Elementary - 10 

D’ette Vassar - Hassan Elementary - 31 

Carol Zimmer - VandenBerge Middle School - 20 

Pauline Knox - Community Education - 27 

Scott Eskro - Elk River High School - 22

Michelle Bratvold - Twin Lakes Elementary - 28

Pamela Gothe - Elk River High - 31

Theresa Brummer - Hassan Elementary - 35

Elizabeth Erickson - Otsego Elementary - 24

Randy Miller - District Office - 26

Julie Anderson - Zimmerman Middle/High - 26

Tyron Westlie - District Wide - 7

Peggy Kohl - Twin Lakes Elementary - 30 

Patricia Buerman - Rogers Middle - 30 

Debra Beach - Rogers Middle - 19

Carolyn Mitzuk - Elk River High - 34

Jennifer Milless - Meadowvale Elementary - 36

Kathleen Bandy - Handke/ECSE - 12

Julianne Newhouse - Community Ed - 11

Sandra Seide - Handke Elementary - 24

Laura Dockendorf - Rogers Elementary - 38

Denise Wallesen - Rogers Elementary - 27 

Jerry Goettsch - Otsego Elementary - 37

Melissa Abrahamson - Rogers High - 20 

Lisa Berry-Koppen - Rogers Middle - 32

Chloe Loitz - Zimmerman Elementary - 21

Karen Watkins - Otsego Elementary - 22

Becky Nelson - Twin Lakes Elementary - 21

Jennifer Downing - Elk River High - 24

Jodi Nelson - Otsego Elementary - 19 

Theresa Barbeln - ECFE - 16