To:

Members, Board of Education

From:

Maurice O. Green, Superintendent
Nora Carr, Chief of Staff

Date:

April 3, 2009

RE:

GCS Employee of the Month for April 2009

Some say that good help is hard to come by. That’s not the case in the Gateway Education Center classroom where the latest Guilford County Schools (GCS) Employee of the Month works. Ma’Lisa Lee’s colleagues describe her as a supportive, enthusiastic, hard-working, friendly, creative and professional team player.

To her principal, she is one of a kind. “When this employee presented herself to me two summers ago,” Principal Linda Lyon said, “she stated that if she were to be hired, this administrator would never, ever be sorry. Well, she was wrong – I am sorry each and every day that I don’t have 20 more just like her. In 31 years, Ms. Lee is, without question, one of the most dedicated and professional assistants with whom I have had the pleasure to work. She is an angel and a true voice to these children and their families.”

As Employee of the Month, Lee was surprised with a $50 gift card from Sam’s Club, which has generously partnered with GCS to support the employee recognition program. During the month of April, her photo will hang at the district’s central offices, Gateway Education Center and the Sam’s Club on Wendover Avenue.