{"id":315512,"date":"2020-01-13T06:05:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T20:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=315512"},"modified":"2020-01-13T06:05:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-12T20:05:18","slug":"after-9-years-fusco-bids-farewell-to-pss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/after-9-years-fusco-bids-farewell-to-pss\/","title":{"rendered":"After 9 years, Fusco bids farewell to PSS"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_315513\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-315513\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Fusco-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Fusco-pix-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-315513\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-315513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Public School System personnel pose for a photo during the farewell luncheon for PSS Facilities Development Management director Rachel Fusco, fifth from the left, last Wednesday at the Board of Education building on Capital Hill. (Kimberly A. Bautista)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rachel Fusco, the current Public School System Facilities Development Management director, bade farewell to PSS last Friday after nine years of service, citing \u201cpersonal reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a short interview with Fusco, she said her last day with PSS was last Jan. 10. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m leaving for personal reasons. I\u2019ve been here for nine years so I\u2019ll be leaving to pursue other career advancements. I\u2019m going to take a break and explore other options,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>In her years with PSS, Fusco has aided, and even spearheaded recovery efforts, which she considers the highlight of her time with PSS. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest challenges we\u2019ve had were definitely the past two typhoons starting with Soudelor and then Yutu. That was just major recovery. We\u2019ve done a lot. The Marianas High School cafeteria, all the Soudelor recovery\u2014it\u2019s been very rewarding for me to work at PSS and I really felt like my time here has served the community and students, so I\u2019m very grateful for that,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>With her certificate in Leadership in Energy and Efficiency and Environmental Design, Fusco has helped incorporate sustainability and green design to PSS projects. Her biggest takeaway that she said she will carry with her in her future endeavors would be her experience in dealing with various groups of people. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith PSS, I\u2019ve really had the opportunity to do lots of different thing, lots of experience with different funding sources, working hand in hand with the Legislature, parent and teachers organizations, and also with the students. I\u2019ve gotten a sample of all of that,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Fusco said she will be leaving PSS on a high note, having closed as many loose ends as possible in her recovery work with PSS campuses. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just wish everybody the best. I\u2019ve tried my best to close out any loose ends and I feel everything is in order for the Federal Emergency Management Agency,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>PSS has yet to name her replacement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rachel Fusco, the current Public School System Facilities Development Management director, bade farewell to PSS&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-315512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-pss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}