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2010 – 2011 School Board
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Mr. Saverline has
served on the Board since 1999 and is currently serving his second year as
President. He is married to Peggy Saverline.
They have had four children graduate from Ricardo ISD. Mr. Saverline is a mechanic at Celanese and is very active in
the Ricardo community. He has served as Fire Chief of the Ricardo
Volunteer Fire Department for 10 of his 14 years of service. Mr. Saverline is serving as Treasurer on the Board of
Directors for the Kleberg/Kenedy County Jr.
Livestock Show Association. In addition, he has served as Swine
Division Superintendent for 8 years in this association. He feels
serving on the Ricardo ISD Board is an extension of his desire to serve the
community. His mother, Patty Saverline,
served as board member in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Mr. Saverline is enrolled in the TASB ISD program
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Mr. Zavala has served on the
Board since 1999. He is a graduate of Ricardo Middle School
and Kingsville High School. He is married to Diana G. Zavala. They have three children who have graduated
from Ricardo Middle School. Mr. Zavala is a Manufacturing Systems
Coordinator at Celanese, and has previously served as a board member of the Chemcel Club. He
has served as president of the Ricardo PTO Board and continues to volunteer
at its annual funfest fundraiser. Mr.
Zavala has been involved with the “Relay for Life”, a main fund raiser for
the American Cancer Society since 2000, and currently serves as Chairman for
the Kingsville Committee.
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Mrs.
Lukefahr has served on the board since 1996.
She is currently serving her sixth year as Secretary. She received a
Master’s Degree in Environmental Science and Engineering and a Bachelor’s
Degree in Biology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
She has teaching experience and previously worked in the Environmental
Engineering Department at Texas A & M University-Kingsville. Mrs. Lukefahr and her husband, Steven, have a daughter and son
who have graduated from Ricardo
Middle School.
Mrs. Lukefahr is also active in the Our Lady of
Consolation Church Women’s Club, the University Women’s Club and the
Kingsville Women’s Club.
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Maggie
Butts, was elected in November of 2002. She is
the wife of Jimmy Butts who works for the King Ranch, Inc. She has two
children who are Ricardo graduates and are presently in College at Texas A
& M, Kingsville.
With a total of 32 years of teaching experience, she retired from the
teaching staff of Ricardo ISD in May, 2002, after 22 years of service with
the district. She has taught second, third and fourth grade, Special
Education, Remedial Reading, Keyboarding and Computer Literature. She
has experience writing curriculum, organizing new programs and running both
Apple and IBM computer labs. She is an
active member of ATPE and is a past president of that organization.
Maggie recently received the Caller-Times/Channel 6 Jefferson Volunteer
Award. Among a list of volunteer work
for the district, she takes pictures of district events and also puts
together a PowerPoint presentation for the PreKindergarten
and 8th grade graduation.
She is a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Kingsville. "I firmly
believe that all children can learn.” To quote an unknown source: 'If a
child does not learn the way I teach, then I will change the way I
teach.' I taught by that philosophy with great success."
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Rosanna G. Arevalo
was elected in the regular May 2006 election.
She is married to Juan A. Arevalo who works
for Triton Wireline in Alice, Texas. They have two daughters, Niki and Alexia Arevalo. They are also raising a nephew, Zakary Guerrero. Niki graduated from Ricardo M.S. in May 2006 and is
currently attending H.M. King
School; Alexia is a
Ricardo Elementary student while Zakary is a
Ricardo M.S. student. Rosanna is a
homemaker who has always been involved in her children’s education more so
now after one of them was diagnosed with dyslexia. She has previously been the treasurer for
the Ricardo Pop Warner football team and the H. M. King High Cheerleader
Booster Club and is currently Vice-President for the Ricardo PTO for the last
3 years. She and her husband are
members of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church and she is currently involved in
the St. Vincent de Paul organization with the church. She credits her interest in her children’s
education to her mother who was always involved when she was in school. Also, she feels that Ricardo School is an
excellent school with wonderful teachers, administrators and staff and is
very grateful at the education her children have been receiving here and
wanted to run for the board to try to give back to the district that has
given so much to the community. All of
the teachers and staff are always so helpful and concerned about all the
children. That really impressed me and
makes me feel at ease knowing that all the children are well taken care
of. Children are our future and I feel
we have to protect them and nurture them and giving them a good education is
the best thing you can give any child.
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Mrs.
Radford has served on the Board since 1976, she is
currently serving her 30th year. For most of the 80’s, she
served as president. In the July 2004 issue of the Texas Lone Star
Magazine, Mrs. Radford was featured on why she serves on the School Board.
She has also recently been a guest speaker for the Kingsville Retired
Teacher Association. Mrs. Radford is a homemaker, married to Fred
Radford. They have two children, graduates of Ricardo Middle School.
They have farmed and ranched over 1,000 acres in Ricardo since 1961.
Other community related involvements include active membership in First United Methodist
Church and a volunteer
for the Kleberg/Kenedy Livestock Show. In
1998, the Jr. Livestock Show was dedicated to Mrs. Radford’s 20 years of
service. Mr. Radford’s father, and Mr. Radford were
both former board members.
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Victor
Vera
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