Wanda Davis - July Employee of the Month

Trudy Iddings - August Employee of the Month

Cafeteria Manager and SIMS Operator are July and August Employees of the Month

When students at Kirkman Park Elementary go to the cafeteria, it’s for more than just lunch. They go to visit someone they consider a friend, Wanda Davis. Davis isn’t your usual cafeteria manager. While she strives to make nutritious menus that her students will enjoy, she also excels at helping students reach their potential. She keeps their stomachs full with her legendary fried chicken and meatball subs, and she keeps them feeling great, like when she volunteered to help some girls with their hair before the fifth-grade graduation.

Davis knows her students by name, and she knows their food allergies. Every morning, Davis greets the students and staff with a smile at breakfast, and her optimism is contagious. Her employees know that she will be out in the front lines with them, serving students and making sure there is enough food for everyone.  Davis was the employee of the month for July.

For more than 20 years, Trudy Iddings, a Student Information Management Systems (SIMS) operator, has been the backbone of operations at Jackson Middle. She leads the yearbook staff, helps teachers with grading and provides a comfortable chair and open ear to those who need to take a little break. She decorates classrooms, greets visitors and is the person to ask if you have a question about Jackson Middle. After two decades of selfless, relentless commitment to Jackson, Iddings retired on August 1, but not before she was recognized for her outstanding service as the GCS Employee of the Month for August 2007. A mainstay of the school family, Iddings’ presence will be greatly missed.  Iddings is the August employee of the month.

As Employee of the Month for July and August, Davis and Iddings received a $50 gift card from Sam’s Club, which has partnered with GCS to support the employee recognition program. In addition, the Guilford County Board of Education recognized both women at its August 14 meeting.

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