Mount Pulaski names Stoll Support Staff of the Semester
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[November 08, 2016]  MOUNT PULASKI - Cindy Stoll, a Special Education teaching assistant at Mount Pulaski High School, was recently named the Support Staff of the Semester. Stoll was presented the award by Superintendent Todd Hamm at the September school board meeting.  Stoll was also presented the “Support Staff Traveling Trophy” by the previous winner, Sue Reeter. Stoll also chose to split her $50 award between Farmer’s Family Restaurant and Casey’s General Store.

"I’ve always liked kids and working with kids,” said Stoll, who didn’t see the honor coming. "I was surprised. I was like, “Oh, that’s exciting.” Stoll has no idea who nominated her from within the school district, but in the nomination letter that person wrote, “Cindy comes to work everyday with a positive attitude. She truly cares for each and every one of the students she works with, and rarely gets frustrated. She has been dedicated to this school district and community her entire life. Her workday begins well before the start of the school day and ends long after. She is one of the hardest working individuals I have ever met and is deserving of recognition.”

Stoll, who did not go to college, has seen things change in education over the years. "When I was hired you did not have to have college credits to be a teaching assistant, that has been changed. Now you either have to have two years of college, education-related, or you’ve had to have taken the paraprofessional testing to qualify and get the license.” Stoll is a licensed paraprofessional.

These days at MPHS, Stoll is busy each and every hour of the day. She floats around from classroom to classroom helping students. Stoll explains her duties, "I take notes for the kids who cannot get the notes their-selves. Then we make copies of my notes an1d give to them to use. I do a lot of reading to the kids. When it comes test time I read the test to the kids a lot, not always and not all kids need that support, but the ones that do, I do that.” Stoll keeps busy throughout the day with two Ag classes, two Industrial Arts classes, a World Geography class, a Life Science class and an Algebra class. She also squeezes in a study hall during the day.

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Without a doubt, the school district is very fortunate to have Stoll. Surprisingly, she didn’t always live in Central Illinois, though. As a child, her parents, Marty and Lavaughn Clementz, lived in West Chicago in Dupage County. The family moved to rural Chestnut when Stoll was 14 years old. She has been a resident of Chestnut ever since, marrying local farmer David Stoll. The two have been married 40 years and have two sons, Michael and Matthew. Matthew is married to Jennifer and they have two children, Madison and Wyatt. In addition to always enjoying her family, Stoll enjoys flower gardening, sewing and cooking.

As far as her career, she does not hesitate to say, “I love my job.

Congratulations, Cindy, on this well-deserved honor.

[Teena Lowery]

 

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