DeKalb County Director of Schools Patrick Cripps has released a list of 230 teachers and professional personnel hired for the 2021-22 school year, as well as a list of support staff. The lists were presented during the regular meeting of the Board of Education, last Thursday evening.
Certified personnel at each school are as follows:
DeKalb County High School
Kelly Agee, Angie Anderson, Charlotte Blaylock, Amanda Brown, Kevin Burchfield, Elizabeth Burrows,Thomas Cagle, Amee Cantrell, Jeanine Cantrell, Todd Cantrell, Gary Caplinger, Lisa Craig, Deborah DePriest, Luke Dycus, Donna Emmons, Lauren Ferrell, Danny Fish, Amanda Fuller, Stephanie Fuson, , Emily Geist, Joseph Green, Ann Griffey, Jessica Griffith, Britney Gulley, Josh Gulley, Lesa Hayes, Bradley Hendrix, Sonja House, Dylan Kleparek, Brad Leach, Tracy Luna, Rebecca Miller, Lori Myrick, Jenny Norris, Shelly Painter, David Parkers,, Linda Parris, Wanda Phillips, John Pryor, Corey Rathbone, Gabby Robinson, Melissa Ruch, John Sanders, Daniel Seber, Michael Shaw, Brent Simpson, Steve Trapp, Stephanie Turner, Chris Vance, Logan Vance,Tad Webb, Barbara Weller, Michael Whitefield, Seth Willoughby, and Sara Young.
Northside Elementary School-
Marla Beshearse, Mollie Bratten, Linda Bush, Shanea Cantrell, Ashley Cantrell, Megan Carroll, Allison Collier, Trent Colwell, Chelsea Cooksey, Michael Crockett, Alisha Day, Jason Farley, Tabitha Farmer, Amanda Goodwin, Carrie Gottlied, Amanda Griffith, Jennifer Griffith, Cynthia Hale, Patty Hale, Loree Hall, Jennifer Herndon, Amber Howell, Meagan Humbert, Shelly Jennings, Karen Knowles, Kristy Lasser, Lisa Mabe, Jama Martin, Amanda Mathis, Elizabeth Miller, Diana Moon, Melissa Odom, Josh Odom, Beth Pafford, Deb Poteete, Jessica Prichard, Paris Rabidoux, Kathy Ramsey, Amy Raymond, Kristen Rowland, Melissa Roysdon, Brooklyn Shirah , Tammy Sims, Sarah Storey, Carol Tripp, Cheryl Vandagriff, Kristen Van Vranken, and Sandy Willingham.
DeKalb West School-
Joey Agee, Jessica Antoniak, Sean Antoniak, Crystal Barnes, Vickey Barrett, Katie Barrett, Whitney Brelje, Jenny Cantrell, Jeanna Caplinger, William Conger, Kim Crook, Martha Damron, Rachel Desimone, Tonya Ellis, Sabrina Farler, Karen France, Julie Hale, Rachel Hernandez, Cathleen Humphrey, Jennifer Martin, Shelia McMillen, Amanda Mullinax, Tammy Payne, Lori Pryor, Kelly Pyburn, Cynthia Snow, Teresa Sullivan, Ashlee Thomason, Shelia Vanatta, Natasha Vaughn, Susan West, and Amy Young.
Smithville Elementary School-
Misty Agee, Brooke Anderson, Allison Atnip, Ashley Barnes, Emily Bartlett, Lindsey Bouldin, Beth Cantrell, Summer Cantrell, Rayanna Chapman, Claire Cloyd, Tiffany Cowart, Amanda Dakas, Edward Dillard, Tina Gash, Holly Hendrix, Tanya Howard, Kelly Huling, Ana Jarvis, Sydney Johnson, Cameron Lester, Leah Magness, Adrienne McCormick, Christina Merriman, LeVaughnda Midgett, Kady Moffett, Leslie Moore, Macy Nokes, Jacquelyn Overbey, Amanda Parker, Joy Parker, Bethany Poss, Jane Ramsey, Amanda Rhoady, Bethany Rigsby, Melissa Sliger, Cristy Spears, Cynthia Stoglin, Emily Summers, Kaylene Thomason, Janet Trapp, Allyson Trapp, Kristy Williams, Lisa Woods, Janet Woodward, Mykaela Young, Crystal Young, and Sherian Zamora.
DeKalb Middle School-
January Agee, Josh Agee, Samantha Antoniak, Suzette Barnes, Kelly Birmingham, Galen Brown, Nancy Cowan, Laura Daniel, Melba Farmer, Lacey Foutch, Amy Fricks, Suzanne Gash, Amy Hayes, Lori Hendrix, Callie Herman, Sarah Jacobs, Angela Johnson, Teresa Jones, Bryan Jones, Michelle Jones, Alyssa Leslie, Kristen Lynch, Martha Melching, Justin Nokes, Courtney O’Conner, Scott Odom, Hunter Poteete, Justin Poteete, Anita Puckett, Cody Randolph, Janie Roberts, Candice Scrabo, Carson Speck, Danni Stahlke, Carol Tallent, Kitty Thomas, Cheryl Vance, Natasha Vaughn, Jennifer West, Don Whitt, and Christie Young
Central Office Staff-
Dr. Kathy Bryant, Michelle Burklow, Dr. Danielle Collins, Elise Driver, Emily Estes, Joey Reeder, and Lori Rogers.
At the meeting, Director of Schools Patrick Cripps also released a list of 166 support staff for the 2021-2022 school year.
Those employed at DeKalb County High School are:
Brooke Atnip, Kathy Chapman, Jamie Cripps, Debbie Eaton, Tena Edwards, Regina Estes, Beverly Ferrell, Lori Gallagher, Yvonne Hale, Isabella Johnson, Patricia Linder, Marsha Martin, Tera Mooneyham, Holly Moore, , Sara Parker, Jerry Straight, Tina Templeton, Brad Trapp, Vicky Walker, and Debbie Young.
DeKalb Middle School:
Patricia Bratcher, Deanna Brooks, Martha Cantrell, Rochelle Davis, Trena Ferrell, Fay Gilreath, Charlene Hallum, Ester Holder, Ginda Kilgore, Jodi Lester, Tammy Maynard, Lisa Norton, Tina Pedigo, Mary Sanders, Brittany Simpson, and Miranda Waggoner
Smithville Elementary School:
Kristen Braseel, Dean Broadhead, Brenda Beth Cantrell, Melanie Crews, Brittany Eberhart, Darlene Evans, Jennifer Gay, Margie Hale, Milinda League, Isla Ledbetter, Talitha Looney, Rebecca Parker, Lori Poss, Stephanie Reeder, Brenda Rigney, Janis Rittenbeck, Jennifer Roller, Kathy Stanley, Marie Storie, Patsy Tallent, Mary-Margaret Tripp, Erin Turner, Tammy Tyler, Celia Whaley, and Tiffany Willmore.
Northside Elementary School:
Fay Baker, Tiffany Bjorge, Kortny Blaylock, Callie Brown, Chelsie Bryant, Tristian Burgess, Rosalinda Cervantas, Alexis Dube, Terrie Ford, Glenda Gassaway, Amanda Goodwin, Phyllis Hallum, Tamara Judkins, LaTonya Kleparek, Jill Lane, Melinda Lattimore, Angela O’Connell, Santos Sosa, Joy Troncoso, Rebecca Waggoner, Melissa Wallace, and Deneene Willingham.
DeKalb West School:
Ria Baker, Brenda Bandy, Margaret Curtis, Emily Davis, Donna Driver, Makenzie Dunaway, Erica Garrett, Donna Hale, Lisa Hale, Nancy Mulloy, Tina Paschal, Tonya Roberts, Valeria Smith, Beverly Starnes, Kristi Sullivan, and Brandi Womack
County Wide Positions:
Chandra Adcock, Cindy Childers, Kenderly Cripps, Bettye June Dodd, Christie Driver, Wade Ferrell, Greg Frasier, Kim Frazier, Jordon Funk, April Hale, Jessica Hale, Rebecca Hawkins, Dillon Hicks, Terry Hicks, Lorie Isabell, Shelly Jared, Tammy Judkins, Jenean Lawson, Debra London, Judy Malone, , Shirley Mathis, Greg Matthews, Kirby Morton, Shirley Ours, Natasha Pedigo, Danny Pirtle, Jr., Melissa Pirtle, Roger Sharp, Aaron Shirah, Kimberly Turner, Jamie Vickers, Joannie Williams, Lisa Woods, and Aaron Young.
Transportation:
Zack Adams, Michael Agee, Danny Bond, Debra Bernal, Dwayne Cantrell, Shara Cowan, Cathy Driver, Debbie Eaton, Marshall Ferrell, Julie Fitts, Lori Gallagher, Judith Hale, Tonya Hale, Darnette Hibdon, Melissa Hicks, Danny Jenkins, Daniel Lawson, Donnie Lewis, Scott McBroom, Ronald Merriman, Tabitha Oakley, Linda Gail Pack, Tony Poss, Kelly Pyburn, Ashley Redmon, Myron Rhody, Robert Steinmetz, Carol Swope, , Bobby Taylor, Danny Washer, Angela Wilkerson, James Wilkerson, and Linda Williams.
Director Cripps also recognized 10 employees that either retired or resigned their positions at the DeKalb County School System this past year.
Nadina Martel - Teacher at DeKalb West School, Robbie Joan Frazier - Educational Assistant at DeKalb West School, Andrew Dixon - Teacher at DCHS, David Gash - Assistant Principal at DCHS, Randy Jennings - Principal at DCHS, Rhonda Pelham - Secretary at Smithville Elementary School, Mary Sanders - Educational Assistant at DeKalb Middle School, Kristen Malone - Teacher at Smithville Elementary School, LeeAnne Frasier - Educational Assistant at Smithville Elementary and Northside Elementary Schools, and Gates Craighead - Teacher at Northside Elementary and Smithville Elementary Schools. Jessica Prichard requested and has been granted a leave of absence.
