Position: Retiring Head Secretary
School: Yacolt Primary School
School District: Battle Ground Public Schools
City, State: Yacolt, WA
Janey Robinson was nominated by a colleague, Nancy Kimball.
"Mrs. Robinson worked for many years as an instructional assistant, helping kids learn to read before she became head secretary," Kimball said. "To list all of the demands of her job would not fit in this nomination! She handles teacher requests, PO's, copy machine jams, moving paper from the main copy room to the secondary one, record keeping, sorting out supplies, supporting our principal and vice-principal, and tracking down people who fill out forms wrong, all while being a wife, mother, and grandmother! Wow! She lost her daughter three years ago in a car accident, which was extremely hard. When my son died a few months after her daughter, she came to his funeral. Even outside the school day, she supports, cares, and is there! She is retiring this year and she will be sorely missed! We could not do our job without Janey doing hers!"