Kellogg Jazz Band plays at reception for Support Person of the Year

Leslie Martin, 2013 Support Person of the Year, with school board members and Supt. Walker
Photo courtesy Shoreline Schools

Resolution No. 2013-1

2013 Support Person of the Year and Support Staff Appreciation Week

WHEREAS, Leslie Martin has been employed at Kellogg Middle School for more than 20 years and currently serves as school security monitor; and

WHEREAS, in that role Leslie exemplifies the school’s core values of Vision, Achievement, Leadership, Originality and Respect; and

WHEREAS, Leslie serves as a prevention specialist, supporting students by helping them make positive decisions and teaching them how to learn from negative decisions; and

WHEREAS, Leslie plays a pivotal role in Hang Time, the after-school partnership with the YMCA and the city of Shoreline; and

WHEREAS, Leslie’s contributions to keeping Kellogg students and staff safe and comfortable are so essential that she is often referred to as ‘Mother Martin’; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Shoreline Board of Directors names Leslie Martin as the 2013 Support Person of the Year and designates the week of March 4 to 8, 2013, as Shoreline Support Staff Appreciation Week, in recognition of our District’s caring and dedicated support staff members.

ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Shoreline School District No. 412, King County, Washington, in its regular meeting of March 4, 2013.

The Kellogg Jazz Band, under the direction of Alec Wilmart,
played at the reception for Leslie Martin
Photo courtesy Shoreline Schools