Willoughby Completes Line-up of Principals and Assistants for New School Year

Director of Schools Mark Willoughby has completed the line up of principals and assistants for the upcoming school year.
Willoughby told WJLE Monday that Amanda Dakas will become the new assistant principal at DeKalb Middle School and Beth Pafford will join the staff at Northside Elementary as assistant principal.
Dakas will be moving from Northside Elementary to DeKalb Middle and Pafford will be transferring from Smithville Elementary to Northside, where they have been serving as classroom teachers
Dakas will succeed assistant principal Kathy Bryant, who is moving from DeKalb Middle School to take on an assistant principal position at DeKalb County High School.
Pafford is replacing assistant principal Julie Vincent at Northside. Vincent will become the new principal at Smithville Elementary School. Karen Knowles remains assistant principal at Smithville Elementary. Dr. Bill Tanner, longtime principal at SES, is expected to be re-assigned to another position in the school system.
Meanwhile Patrick Cripps will become the new principal at DCHS, succeeding Kathy Hendrix who has retired. In addition to assistant principal Kathy Bryant, David Gash will be returning as assistant principal at the high school.
Principals Dr. Gayle Redmon at Northside Elementary, Randy Jennings at DeKalb Middle School, and Danny Parkerson at DeKalb West School are returning for another year, as is assistant DeKalb West Principal Sabrina Farler.
All their new contracts become effective, July 1st.