Director Hires Certified Personnel for 2023-24 School Year

June 9, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

Director of Schools Patrick Cripps has hired a total of 234 teachers and other professional personnel for the 2023-24 school year.

Cripps presented a list of the employees to the Board of Education Thursday night.

Certified personnel at each school are as follows:

DeKalb County High School:
Kelly Agee, Joey Agee, Brandy Alley, Charlotte Blaylock, Amanda Brown, Kevin Burchfield, Brian Cadle, Thomas Cagle, Amee Cantrell, Jeanine Cantrell, Todd Cantrell, Gary Caplinger, Hope Carter, Lisa Craig, Bruce Curtis, Deborah DePriest, Ethan Duke, Luke Dycus, Donna Emmons, Lauren Ferrell, Karen France, Amanda Fuller, Emily Geist, Luke Green, Britney Gulley, Josh Gulley, Lesa Hayes, Bradley Hendrix, Danielle Horton, Sonja House, Brooke Howard, Ann Inglis, Lori Isabell, Angie Johnson, Jon Jones, Lindsay Kennedy, Dylan Kleparek, Brad Leach, Rebecca Miller, Lori Myrick, Jenny Norris, Morgan Oyster, Shelly Painter, David Parker, Linda Parris, Leslie Parsley, Maddison Parsley, Cole Parsley, John Pryor, Anita Puckett, Cody Randolph, Gabby Robinson, Melissa Ruch, Michael Shaw, Steve Trapp, Stephanie Turner, Tad Webb, Barbara Weller, Kason Wheeler, Michael Whitefield, Don Whitt, and Sara Young.

Northside Elementary School:
Marla Beshearse, Linda Bush, Shanea Cantrell, Ashley Cantrell, Sandy Cantrell, Shaunta Cantrell, Megan Carroll, Allison Collier, Trent Colwell, Michael Crockett, Alisha Day, Tara Driver, Tabitha Farmer, Megan Ford, Callie Betencourt, Stephanie Fuson, Amanda Goodwin, Carrie Gottlied, Jennifer Griffith, Cynthia Hale, Patty Hale, Loree Hall, Jennifer Herndon, Meagan Humbert, Shelly Jennings, Karen Knowles, Kristy Lasser, Lisa Mabe, Jama Martin, Amanda Mathis, Elizabeth Miller, Diana Moon, Melissa Odom, Beth Pafford, Kathy Ramsey, Amy Raymond, Kristen Rowland, Melissa Roysdon, Jennifer Salas, Tammy Sims, Taylor Spare, Sarah Storey, Carol Tripp, Cheryl Vandagriff, Kristen Van Vranken, and Melissa Wallace.

DeKalb West School:
Jessica Antoniak, Crystal Barnes, Vickey Barrett, Dwayne Blair, Mollie Bratten, Whitney Brelje, Galen Brown, Jenny Cantrell, Jeanna Caplinger, William Conger, Kim Crook, Kayley Curtis, Rachel Desimone, Tonya Ellis, Sabrina Farler, Rachel Hernandez, Cathleen Humphrey, Kristen Malone, Jennifer Martin, Shelia McMillen, Leslie Moore, Amanda Mullinax, Olivia Neal, Lori Vandergriff, Kelly Pyburn, Missy Sliger, Cynthia Snow, Teresa Sullivan, Ashlee Thomason, Susan West, Seth Willoughby, and Amy Young.

Smithville Elementary School:
Misty Agee, Ashley Barnes, Katie Barrett, Erica Birmingham, Lindsey Bouldin, Priscilla Campbell, Beth Cantrell, Rayanna Chapman, Claire Cloyd, Kelsey Cornelius, Tiffany Cowart, Amanda Dakas, Edward Dillard, Dionndra Foster, Sara Gagliardi, Tina Gash, Jacob Greer, Emily Harville, Holly Hendrix, Tanya Howard, Brooke Howard, Amber Howell, Kelly Huling, Ana Jarvis, Nikki Johnson, Sydney Johnson, Emily Lattimore, Leah Magness, Adrienne McCormick, Christina Merriman, LeVaughnda Midgett, Jacquelyn Overbey, Amanda Parker, Jane Ramsey, Amanda Rhoady, Bethany Rigsby, Cristy Spears, Cynthia Stoglin, Carol Tallent, Kaylene Thomason, Janet Trapp, Allyson Trapp, Brad Trapp, Patricia Ward, Madison Whitehead, Kristy Williams, Lisa Woods, Elizabeth Wright, and Crystal Young.

DeKalb Middle School:
January Agee, Josh Agee, Suzette Barnes, Callie Betencourt, Kelly Birmingham, Victoria Christian, Nancy Cowan, Melba Farmer, Amy Fricks, Suzanne Gash, Amanda Griffith, Heather Harney, Amy Hayes, Lori Hendrix, Sarah Jacobs, Angela Johnson, Bryan Jones, Michelle Jones, Teresa Jones, Alyssa Leslie, Cameron Lester, Kristen Lynch, Martha Melching, Justin Nokes, Courtney O’Conner, Scott Odom, Maxwell Patterson, Hunter Poteete, Justin Poteete, Deb Poteete, Janie Roberts, Candice Scrabo, Caleb Shehane, Carson Speck, Danni Stahlke, Kitty Thomas, Cheryl Vance, Jennifer West, and Christie Young

Central Office Staff:
Michelle Burklow, Dr. Danielle Collins, Elise Driver, Emily Estes, Joey Reeder, Lori Rogers, and Natasha Vaughn.

June 9, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

Director of Schools Patrick Cripps has employed the 177 support staff members for the 2023-24 school year.

The personnel report was submitted to the Board of Education during Thursday night’s regular monthly meeting.

Those employed at DeKalb County High School are:

Abby Bates, Dean Broadhead, Kathy Chapman, Jamie Cripps, Tena Edwards, Lori Gallagher, Yvonne Hale, Brooke Hutchings, Isbella Johnson, Tracy Kyle, Patricia Linder, Cheryl Mach, Marsha Martin, Mike Merriman, Tera Mooneyham, Holly Moore, Cora Pack, Sara Parker, Santos Sosa, Jerry Strait, and Vicky Walker.

DeKalb Middle School:
Fay Baker, Patricia Bratcher, Deanna Brooks, Martha Cantrell, Melanie Crews, Rochelle Davis, Katie Denton, Trena Ferrell, Ester Holder, Ginda Kilgore, Tammy Maynard, Lacey McMillen, Lisa Norton, Brandi Patterson, Tina Pedigo, Jessica Tatrow, and Miranda Waggoner

Smithville Elementary School:
Jennifer Adcock, Charlotte Bertsh, Jamie Bloise, Kristen Braseel, Dean Broadhead, Brenda Beth Cantrell, Brenda G. Cantrell, Darlene Evans, Brittany Gard, Tavia Gilbert, Margie Hale, Jaley Hale, Tanya Howard, Talitha Looney, Rita Matthews, Rebecca Parker, Lori Poss, Brenda Rigney, Jennifer Roller, Talitha Shirah, Jackie Stockling, Marie Storie, Allison Taylor, Mary-Margaret Tripp, Tammy Tyler, Harper Wallace, and Celia Whaley.

Northside Elementary School:
Tiffany Bjorge, Kortny Blaylock, Chelsie Bryant, Rosalinda Cervantas, Terrie Ford, Glenda Gassaway, Mary Hancock, Janda Hendrixson, Tamara Judkins, LaTonya Kleparek, Ivory Knauer, Ann Knisley, Crystal Moore, Angela O’Connell, Deanna Page, Dennis Patz, Stephanie Reeder, Jada Shinkle,, Joy Troncoso, and Deneene Willingham.

DeKalb West School:
Brenda Bandy, Margaret Curtis, Emily Davis, Donna Driver, Makenzie Dunaway, Erica Garrett, Alex Hancock, Alyssa Harvey, Raniey Hunt, Nancy Mulloy, Tina Paschal, Kayla Randolph, Courtney Reynolds, Tonya Roberts, Kristi Sullivan, Danyelle Troyer, and Brandi Womack

County Wide Positions:
Chandra Adcock, Linda Adcock, Ally Atnip, April Brooks, Amanda Carter, Cindy Childers, Debra Culver, Bettye June Dodd, Christie Driver, Wade Ferrell, Lacey Foutch, Greg Frasier, Jordon Funk, Donna Hale, Jessica Hale, Lisa Hale, Rebecca Hawkins, Dillon Hicks, Tammy Judkins, Lindsey Knight, Jenean Lawson, Debra London, Shirley Mathis, Greg Matthews, Kirby Morton, Natasha Pedigo, Melissa Pirtle, Danny Pirtle, Jr., Cindy Rhody, Roger Sharp, Brooke Shirah, Aaron Shirah, Kathy Stanley, Beverly Starnes, Kimberly Turner, Rita Umstead, Steve Vandagriff, Jamie Vickers, Joannie Williams, Linda Williams, Mary Williams, and Aaron Young.

Transportation:
Danny Bond, Debra Bernal, Dwayne Cantrell, Todd Cantrell, Shara Cowan, Cathy Driver, Debbie Eaton, Marshall Ferrell, Julie Fitts, Lori Gallagher, Judith Hale, Tonya Hale, Melissa Hicks, Danny Jenkins, Daniel Lawson, Josh Lawson, Cheryl Mach, Scott McBroom, Mike Merriman, Ronald Merriman, Brandi O’Conner, Linda Gail Pack, Tony Poss, Kelly Pyburn, Ashley Redmon, Myron Rhody, Carol Swope, Bobby Taylor, Nathan Thomas, Danny Washer, Lorie Watson, Angela Wilkerson, and James Wilkerson.

June 9, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

Nine teachers have been granted tenure by the Board of Education.

During Thursday night’s monthly meeting, Director of Schools Patrick Cripps presented the names of Katie Barrett, Lacey Foutch, Justin Nokes, Thomas Cagle, Sarah Jacobs, Kelly Pyburn, Edward Dillard, Jennifer Martin, and Kristen Rowland requesting they be granted tenure.

“These teachers have successfully completed the probationary period of five years and received evaluations demonstrating an overall performance effectiveness level of above or significantly above expectations as required for tenure. It is my recommendation that these teachers be granted tenure,” said Director Cripps.

Meanwhile the following personnel have either resigned or retired:

Erica Birmingham, resigned as Assistant Band Director

Dr. Kathy Bryant, resigned from the central office as Supervisor of Instruction for grades 6-12

Summer Cantrell, resigned as Principal at Smithville Elementary School

Brittany Daniel, resigned as teacher

Beverly Ferrell, retired from DCHS as an educational assistant

Kyrsten Johnson, resigned as teacher

Terrie Kilgore, resigned as DCHS secretary

Jama Martin, retired as teacher

Shirley Ours, retired as SPED secretary

Tammy Payne, retired as teacher

Paris Rabidoux, resigned as teacher