Ralph Nagel, a longtime Clermont Northeastern School District custodian, is retiring.

School district administration, staff, and several students honored and celebrated Nagel’s 27 years of dedicated service to CNE with a surprise recognition ceremony and breakfast at the middle school Aug. 30.

“I am dumbfounded by this and really don’t know what to say,” exclaimed an astonished Nagel while opening one of the many gifts that he received during the ceremony. “I never expected something like this, but I am very grateful to all of the fine people who made this possible.”