Director of Schools Patrick Cripps updated the Board of Education Thursday night on personnel employment, transfers, leaves of absences, and resignations since last month.
Those employed include the following:
Adam Kefauver, teacher at DCHS, replaces Tracy Sloan
Thomas Cagle, teacher at DCHS replaces Joe Pat Cope
Sarah Noe, teacher at DCHS replaces Tonya Perry
Jacob Parsley, teacher at DCHS replaces Rolando Navarro
Lacey Foutch, teacher at DCHS replaces Natasha Judkins
Nikyra Calcagno, teacher, Countywide Gifted
William Jarvis, teacher at DCHS replaces Jill Bowman
Jim Porter, teacher at DCHS replaces Marti Maxwell
Shea Wiegele, teacher at DCHS replaces Kelley Burgess
Rachel Desimone, teacher at DeKalb West School, 3rd grade
Katie Merriman, teacher at Northside Elementary, replaces Ashley Reeves
Galen Brown, teacher at DeKalb Middle School
Gretta Smith, teacher at DeKalb Middle School, replaces Felicia Warden
Deborah Gentry, teacher at DCHS replaces Joel Goff
Tyler McKinney, teacher at Northside Elementary, replaces Danny Fish
Travis Little, teacher at Northside Elementary, replaces Ashley Dean
Mary Browning-Huntington, teacher at DeKalb Middle School, replaces Rebecca Whimpey
Melissa Sliger, teacher at Smithville Elementary School, replaces Mary Henny
Tonya Roberts, Educational Assistant at DeKalb West School
Sean Antoniak, Educational Assistant at DeKalb West School
LaTonya Kleparek, Educational Assistant at Northside Elementary School, replaces Tenille Rowland.
Stephanie Turner, teacher at DCHS, replaces Donna Emmons
Justin Coats, mechanic
Katie Haggard, teacher at Smithville Elementary School, replaces Angela Johnson
Laura Martinez, English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher at Smithville Elementary School
Audrey Welch, teacher at DCHS, replaces Tina Fletcher
Patsy Ray, cook at Smithville Elementary School
Beverly Starnes, cook at Smithville Elementary School
Glenda Gassaway, part-time cook at Northside Elementary School
Jennifer Maxwell, cook at DeKalb West School
Christie Dies, cook at DeKalb West School
Substitutes:
Guylene Atnip, Carolyn Caldwell, Doris Cantrell, Shannon B. Cantrell, Brenda Colwell, Donna Davis, Linda Dean, Sue Driver, Suzanne Dunn, Betty Fisk, Amanda Ford, Debbie France, Vicki Haggard, Carol Hale, Charlene Hallum, Sherry Hattaway, Betty Hickey, Jean Hope, Shirley Ingram, Sabrina Kirksey, Margaret Nichols, Olivia Norton, Angela Osment, Pat Parkerson, Jessica Rackley, Judy Redmon, Joyce Robertson, Virginia Rose, Bob Smith, Michelle Snipes, Kim Taylor, Jan Thomas, Helga Thompson, Luanna Tollett, Jenny Trapp, Joy Troncoso, Wanda Vickers, Victoria Vincent, Melissa Wallace, Joshua Warren, Nicole Wright, and Crystal Young
Cafeteria Substitutes:
Tiffany Gallegos, Kiesha Farless, and Susan Matthews
Leave of Absence:
Betsy Walker, leave as requested
Transferred:
Danny Bond from Physical Education to Alternative School, replaces Marshall Ferrell
Danny Fish from Northside Elementary School to DCHS, replaces Danny Bond
Ashlee Thomason from Smithville Elementary School to DeKalb West School
Angela Johnson from Smithville Elementary to DeKalb Middle School, replaces Cassandra Binkley
Jennifer Martin from Educational Assistant to Special Education Teacher at DeKalb West School
Tiffany VanWinkle from Special Education Assistant to Alternative School, replaces Brian Reed
Talitha Looney from cafeteria to Educational Assistant at Smithville Elementary, replaces Chasity Redmon
Donna Emmons from 9th grade English to RTI Coordinator at DCHS
Ester Holder from substitute to Educational Assistant at DeKalb Middle School, replaces Teresa Spencer
Heather Soto from substitute to Educational Assistant at Smithville Elementary, replaces Debra Cunningham
Debra Cunningham from Smithville Elementary to DCHS, replaces Tiffany VanWinkle
Amy Fox from part-time to Smithville Elementary Special Education Teacher, K-2
Linda Moser from DeKalb West to DeKalb Middle School cafeteria
Connie Haggard from DeKalb Middle to Smithville Elementary School cafeteria
Resignations:
Cassandra Binkley, Tina Fletcher, Ashley Dean, and Tonya Perry