Roger Mullins, IMMEX Project Technician
  David Staten, Technology Resource Teacher
  Beth Chittenden, Library Media Services

Roger Mullins, IMMEX Project Technician

Since his father was in the Air Force, Roger moved a lot. He was born in Victorville, California, and lived in Arizona and Texas before settling in Jenkins, Ky when Dad retired in 1973. Roger graduated from Jenkins Independent High School, but for the last twenty years he has called Lexington home.  He holds an Associate's degree in Applied Science from Lexington Community College, and has worked in Fayette County since 1998, beginning as a campus foreman for Henry Clay High School. He worked for Maintenance as an electronic technician, and spent a semester at Beaumont Middle School as a microcomputer specialist before joining the Office of Educational Technology this year.

Roger was hired this summer as the IMMEX Project Technician, where he finds himself  supporting a lot of technology interests. His primary responsibility is to the 10 school teacher liaisons working on this grant, and the schools in which they teach. In addition, he manages the IMMEX Website, supports the development of the IMMEX problem sets, and other duties for the technology resource teachers. His reputation as a tireless worker is already well established - he demands to be kept busy, and so far Fayette County has been happy to oblige!

Roger describes Julane, his wife of 18 years as "...my best friend and biggest supporter." Roger lives in Lexington with her and daughter Jaclyn, a senior at Henry Clay. When he's not working, he likes to travel, and follows NASCAR ("...GO Mark Martin!!!..."). When he has put in his time, he hopes to retire to a lake cabin.

David counts himself as a veteran of the Fayette County School System, having fulfilled professional responsibilities here for nearly 30 years. Those responsibilities have included S.A.F.E., middle school Language Arts, as well as technology integration. 

David is originally from the eastern edge of the state. He was born in Ashland, Kentucky, and graduated from Paul Blazer High School where he was active in sports, playing baseball and basketball all four years. He holds a bachelors in Sociology and English from Eastern Kentucky University, where he played baseball and was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, and also received a Masters in School Counseling. Mr. Staten got bitten by the computer bug while working on IBM PC Jrs at school. "...I bought an IBM XT for home and learned about static electricity; bought a 386 soon thereafter and learned about formatting and hard drive crashes..." The industry, and David's ability to master it, have improved a great deal since then! He enjoys working with teachers, and has a reputation for un-pressured but enthusiastic support for their use of technology in instruction, finding such work "exciting". As a teacher himself, he remains in awe of those who can "...handle...six classes of adolescents...stacks of papers...the demands from outside..."

Dave lives with Ruth, his wife of 28 years, and daughter Kasey, a senior soccer player for Tates Creek High School. Son Zack has just transferred to Northern Kentucky University after 3 years at Cumberland College. Dave finds pleasure in the simpler tasks, enjoying yard work and house projects. "...You wouldn't believe how relaxing it is to pound nails into 2x4's after spending a day in middle school..."

Beth Chittenden, Library Media Services

Beth is one of two Chittendens working in the Office of Educational Technology - husband Merrell works in Systems Support as a LAN/WAN manager and STI technician. Beth met him in Monterey, California, while she was a member of the U.S. Air Force, and studying Czech at the Defense Language Institute there. This month they will be celebrating "...19 wonderful years!"

Beth originally hails from California's Napa Valley, " 'where the wine is bottled poetry." She holds a Bachelors of Arts in Russian from the University of Montana, where she attended on a swimming scholarship. Her first contact with Fayette County Schools was in the 1990-91 school year, during which she taught Russian. There have been other professional forays, but Beth is "grateful for my job" in Media Services, the office in which she's worked for most of her 10 years with Fayette County. 

Merrell and Beth have two children -  Emily who attends Lexington Community College, and David who attends Lafayette High School and Southside Vocational School. When not working, she enjoys bike riding "...during the rare times I don’t have a flat tire...", swimming, playing Frisbee, cooking, growing flowers, watching movies, and reading. Beth and Merrell live in Lexington, and have property in Corbin, where Merrell plans on building a house in the woods by the lake.