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New staff members for school district
elementary 8-6
Joining the elementary staff this year for the Escalon Unified School District are, front row from left, Jade Panero, second grade, Dent; Alyssa Matos, kindergarten, Dent; Marilyn Vega-Wagner, school psychologist, Dent and Gateway; Dannla Savath, first grade, Dent; Cintia Calderon, second grade, Collegeville; Juliet Gomez, TK, Collegeville. Back row from left, Jacqueline Bautista, TK, Van Allen; Julia Thompson, second grade, Dent; Ben Phelps, fourth grade, Van Allen; Erin Young, TK-kindergarten, Farmington; Sarah Darter, special education intervention, Farmington; Charles Farwell, music, TK-fifth grade at Van Allen, Dent and Farmington. Marg Jackson/The Times
secondary 8-6
A half dozen teachers have joined the secondary staff this year for the Escalon Unified School District. New to the campuses are, from left, Chantal Medeiros, Escalon High School math; Kristen Grimaldo, Escalon High School math; Dina Bonnel, sixth grade science and math, El Portal; Zach Wagner, social studies, El Portal; Clare Raggio, science, El Portal; Lesly Ochoa, sixth grade Dual Language Immersion. Marg Jackson/The Times

Several new staff members have joined the Escalon Unified School District for the 2025-26 school year. Both at the elementary and secondary levels, there will be a number of new faces on the various campuses. A two-day orientation on July 31 and Aug. 1 helped get the staffers ready for the opening of the new school year on Thursday, Aug. 7.