Saturday, December 13, 2014
CANFIELD
The tables were turned on Canfield school district volunteers and retirees Saturday.
Rather than serve the district that day, board of education and administration members came together to serve volunteers and retirees. They spent two hours preparing a breakfast of eggs, sausage, bacon, fruit and more, then served it to the 200 participants.
Alex Geordan, superintendent, took the idea from his father, who was a superintendent in the LaBrae school district.
“I guess you could say I stole it from my father,” he said. “So many times when you’re growing up you look around and you definitely look for role models. Those were my folks growing up, and not only in the home and how they carried their lives, but also professionally.”
Both of Geordan’s parents were educators, and he followed them into the field. He started the Appreciation Breakfast when he became superintendent of the Canfield district three years ago.
The invite-only event includes those who are frequent volunteers in the Canfield schools, as well as retirees from the school system.
It takes so many people to make a community outstanding, to make a school system great,” Geordan said. “It’s not just the employees, but it’s so many countless volunteers that come forward through the years.”
Andrea Smesko, a member of the parent teacher organization, attended the breakfast for the first time.
“I do as much as I can,” she said. “When I can do, I do.”
She was expecting donuts and bagels, but was pleasantly surprised to be offered a hot breakfast.
“I think it’s really nice. I think it shows that they appreciate the parents and involvement, so it’s kind of nice,” she said.
Smesko has three children in the district.
Read the full story in Sunday's Vindicator.