Schools in the Mount Desert Island Regional School System has 40 new teachers, administrators and staff members this year.
Some of them, such as Mike Zboray, are not actually new to the school system, but are moving to new positions. Zboray was assistant principal at Conners Emerson Elementary in Bar Harbor for 14 years; now he is the principal at Trenton Elementary.
The school year began Aug. 28, for high school freshmen. Classes started for all students Tuesday, Sept. 2.
New teachers, administrators and staff members include:
Mariah Baker, 4th grade teacher, Conners Emerson
Ralph Battaline, ed tech, Tremont
Katie Bears, 2nd grade teacher, Pemetic
Jonathan Bender, math teacher, Mount Desert
Kristen Braun, special ed teacher, Trenton
Brooke Burton-Gariepy, math teacher, MDI High
Patrick Bush, ed tech, Trenton
Greg Corrow, custodian, MDI High
Joe Cough, music teacher, Swans Island
Emily Damon, cook, Mount Desert
Mary deKoning, music teacher, Trenton
Gloria Delsandro, assistant principal, Conners Emerson
Autumn Demaine, library ed tech, Trenton
Chelsea Dow, ed tech, MDI High
Katherine Dow, special ed tech, Trenton
Cathe Gage, reading recovery teacher, Tremont
Daniel Horning, social studies and English teacher, Tremont
Shannon Horton, world languages teacher, Trenton
Priscilla Joyce, secretary, Pemetic
Jan Keiper, teacher, Frenchboro
Joyce Mahoney, library ed tech, MDI High
Chris McGuire, ed tech, Conners Emerson
Sally Merchant, special ed tech, MDI High
Kendra Michaud, science teacher, MDI High
Justin Norwood, PE teacher, Mount Desert
Natalia Pajor, ed tech, Tremont
Abbie Pappas, ed tech, Conners Emerson
Lacey Schlag, middle school teacher, Swans Island
Maria Simpson, middle school English teacher, Conners Emerson
Shannon Snurkowski, 1st grade teacher, Pemetic
Marianne Tripp, 3rd grade teacher, Conners Emerson
Jandrea True, 4th grade teacher, Tremont
Joshua Young, ed tech coordinator, superintendent’s office
Molly Young, 1st grade teacher, Pemetic
Mike Zboray, principal, Trenton
David Blaney, math teacher, MDI High School
Shane Ellis, music teacher, Conners Emerson
Kim Heist, reading enrichment teacher, Conners Emerson
Alex Johnson, PE teacher, Trenton and Ashley Bryan School
Sue Peterson, ed tech, Pemetic