New staff members were welcomed into the Burlington Area School District recently. They are: (front from left) Morgan Schmidt (BHS social studies), Emily Grossen (BHS special education), Ashley Meulemans (BHS physics), Deb Jerome (Cooper occupational therapist; (second row) Jessica Jooss (Cooper kindergarten), Alyssa Riggs (Karcher special education), Courtney Peters (BHS sign language interpreter); (third row) Tammy Olsen (Lyons grade 4), Allison Tenhagen (BHS school psychologist), Jean Freund (Karcher school counselor), Sally Nie (Cooper library media specialist); (fourth row) Robert Thompson (BHS English/speech), Ashley Pozel (BHS English), Michelle Konczak (Cooper Early Childhood), Nicole Lopez (Waller kindergarten); (fifth row) Kaitlin Waki (Karcher tech ed/STEM teacher), Pamela Klockars (BHS Spanish), Elizabeth Schreifels (BHS business ed), Lauren Davey (Cooper grade 4); (sixth row) Brandon Viliunas (Karcher band director), Patricia Menz (Waller 4K), Vince Selbera (Lyons grade 4); (back row) Steve Tenhagen (BHS health/ARROW program), Andrew Sireno (BHS math), Jeff Taff (BHS social studies), Katlin Ellerson (Cooper grade 2), and Jennifer Hatlen (Lyons reading interventionist). (Photo submitted)