Support Services
 

 Rodger Vaughn
Director Support Services

Ph: 505-782-5566
Internal extension is 26092
Email

Rodger came to the Zuni Public School District in August 2007. Prior to joining the District administration staff, Rodger retired from a successful career in Facilities Management and Administrative Services with the U.S. Government.

Rodger is a native of New Mexico and was raised in Albuquerque and graduated from Albuquerque High School. After a stint in the U.S. Army after, he attended college at Chapman University in Orange, California. Rodger earned his BA degree in Economics and Business Administration in 1972.

Rodger began work in the Facilities Management arena as a Facilities Intern with the Internal Revenue Service in San Francisco, CA. He completed the intern program, and was posted as the Chief, Facilities Management in the Nashville District Office in Tennessee and was later promoted to a position in the National Office in Washington D.C. Rodger completed his Federal career as the Facilities and Operations Branch Chief with the National Science Foundation in Arlington, VA.

Rodger and his wife, Cheryl, have lived in the Ramah area since his retirement from the Federal government in 1999. Their two daughters graduated from Ramah high school. One daughter lives in Virginia with her husband, and the other resides in Gallup where she is a student at UNM.

 Message from the Director

Welcome to the ZPSD Support Services home page. We are responsible for providing high quality support services to the students, faculty and staff of the District and the public which we serve. Our goal is to exceed your expectations in both quality of work and timeliness of response.

We provide a wide variety of services, including Facilities Management and Maintenance; Food Services; Transportation; Safety and Security; and procurement and central warehousing.

There are many exciting projects underway in the Support Services Department.

 

We are nearing completion of our new teacherage project, which will provide 36 brand new apartments for faculty and staff. Completion of these units will enable us to renovate and rehabilitate some of our older apartments, and to vacate those which are beyond economical repair.   Our transportation staff is busy providing transportation for students to and from school and to activities throughout the state. We are replacing our aging bus fleet as well as District vehicles. We have recently purchased four hybrid vehicles to help “green” the environment.   Working in conjunction with the Tribal Healthy Lifestyles program, our food service group promotes healthy choices in our menus. This program starts with kindergarten and goes through high school students. This is done by providing the students with multiple entrée choices and various offerings within each entrée. We are one of the few districts in the State which has this program throughout all grades.   Our Safety and Security staff is active in promoting the national Safe Schools initiative by working directly with students, faculty and parents to make our schools as safe as possible.   Our central warehouse now provides receiving and warehousing services for the District as a whole. We now provide receiving services for all deliveries for each site, and package receipt for personal items sent to staff members.

Support Services Staff
 

Roberta Keast
Secretary
Ph: 505-782-5566
Email

Michael Marquez,
Network Specialist III
Email

Abner Lupee
Operations Manager
 

Maintenance Staff

Employee

Position

Elijio Bowekaty

Foreman

Jarvis Chopito

Maintenance- Facility

Ernest Cachini

Maintenance- Facility

Bert Awelagte

Maintenance- Facility

Rodney Hughte

Maintenance- Housing

Shane Burt

Maintenance- Housing

Michael Marquez

Technician

Ernest Cachini (Maintenance Facility).

Jarvis Chopito (Maintenance Facility).

Arlene Tsadiasi
Supervisor
 

Our transportation staff is busy providing transportation for students to and from school and to activities throughout the state. We are replacing our aging bus fleet as well as District vehicles. We have recently purchased four hybrid vehicles to help “green” the environment.

Transportation Staff
Employee

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Position
 

Bobelu Edison Sr.

Bus Driver

Bobelu Laurenda

Bus Driver

Deysee Iola

Bus Assistant

Ghachu Bernard

Mechanic

Hughte Georgean

Bus Driver

Darivon Kenneth

Bus Driver/Mechanic

Leekya Madia

Bus Driver

Lucio Cordella

Bus Driver

Pablito Susie

Bus Driver

Quetawki Coletta

Bus Assistant

Sanchez Daniel

Bus Driver/Mechanic

Ukestine Elvis

Bus Driver

 Food Services Presentation to the Board of Directors

Jim Ford
Food Services Director

 

Working in conjunction with the Tribal Healthy Lifestyles program, our food service group promotes healthy choices in our menus. This program starts with kindergarten and goes through high school students. This is done by providing the students with multiple entrée choices and various offerings within each entrée. We are one of the few districts in the State which has this program throughout all grades.

Food Services Staff
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Employee

Location

Bowannie, Carnalee

Dowa Yalanne Elementary

Bowekaty, Margie

Dowa Yalanne Elementary

Chopito, Margie

A:Shiwi Elementary School

Chopito, Marvina

Dowa Yalanne Elementary

Eustace, YaVonne

Zuni High School

Kallestewa, Janita

A:Shiwi Elementary School

Laconsello, Carol

Zuni Middle School

Lahi, Trinnie

Zuni High School

Lesansee, Darlene

Zuni Middle School

Mahkee, Joleen

Zuni Middle School

Sanchez, Annette

A:Shiwi Elementary School

Shashewanie, Elaine

Zuni High School

Taylor, Sharon

Zuni High School

Ukestine, Melvic

 Zuni High School

Zephier, Winnie

Zuni Middle School

Bobelu, Joy

Food Services/SSD

Gerald Hooee Safety/Security Officer
Coordinator
 

Our Safety and Security staff is active in promoting the national Safe Schools initiative by working directly with students, faculty and parents to make our schools as safe as possible.
 

Security Staff

Lenora Dosedo
Warehouse Clerk
 

Our central warehouse now provides receiving and warehousing services for the District as a whole. We now provide receiving services for all deliveries for each site, and package receipt for personal items sent to staff members.

Our new Teacherage Project is complete. It  provides 36 brand new apartments for faculty and staff. The completion of these units has enabled us to renovate and rehabilitate some of our older apartments, and to vacate those which are beyond economical repair.
 
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Dowa Yalanne Kitchen before renovation

Dowa Yalanne Kitchen after renovation

Dowa Yalanne  floor before renovation

Dowa Yalanne Floor after renovation

Dowa Yalanne New Bathroom

Twin Buttes before renovation

Twin Buttes after renovation
 

Dowa Yalanne Teacherage and Twin Buttes
Teacherage Renovation Project

We are in the process of upgrading and renovating some teacherage apartments in both the Dowa Yalanne and Twin Buttes communities. We have started on units which are vacant, and our plans are to continue to upgrade apartments in these areas as they become vacant.


Dowa Yallane Teacherage

Three units are being renovated, and one is scheduled to start in the near future.

As an example of the work undertaken, we have replaced cabinets in the kitchens and bathrooms; have re-painted and re-textured walls and ceilings as needed; have refinished doors; and where needed have replaced the vinyl tile in the living room and bedrooms with laminate flooring, and replaced the tile in the kitchen and bath with sheet vinyl. We installed ceiling fans in the living spaces and have generally upgraded the apartments.

New pro-panel metal roofs were installed on two duplex apartments at DY and others are scheduled for the summer months assuming funding is available.

Twin Buttes Teacherage

We are about to conclude the sewerage project to upgrade the sewer lines supporting the Twin Buttes teacherage. This should make a significant difference in the number of maintenance calls for blocked sewer lines. This is a $180,000 project that was funded by the Public School Capital Outlay Council as an emergency request.

We are beginning renovations on three of the one bedroom apartments at Twin Buttes. We expect to do a similar renovation to those at Dowa Yalanne to include new kitchen cabinetry and flooring; new bathroom fixtures as needed; painting and texturing; refinishing wood finishes on doors and new flooring in the living spaces.

We will be assessing the roofing needs at the Twin Buttes apartments for replacement as needed this summer. Included in this work will be new seamless guttering for each building.

Twin Buttes Bathroom before renovation

Twin Buttes Bathroom after renovation