School to reopen August 3
By angie meadows
During Thursday night’s regular monthly meeting, Director of School Patrick Cripps announced the opening date for school, certified personnel and those granted tenure for the 2020-21 school year.
“At this time, we believe the large majority of DeKalb families want their children in a classroom with a teacher when school open August 3,” said Director Cripps. “Together, we will work toward that goal. Our partnership with parents and this community is built on trust and we fully intend to support that relationship throughout this process by sharing information in the most transparent and hones way possible. We will undoubtedly face challenges and uncertainty along the way, but we promise to constantly work to balance all risks against the educational, social and emotional benefits to your children and family.
“We will continue to move forward making decisions that are focused on the emotional well-being, safety and education of our students, staff and stakeholders. As information becomes available, we will continue to update our community,” he concluded.
The following teachers have been granted tenure by the Board of Education: Jessica Antoniak, Megan Carroll, Sydney Johnson, Macy Nokes, Cheryl Vance, Allison Atnip, Tiffany Cowart, Tracy Luna, Gayla Parker, Cheryl Vandagriff, Nikyra Calcagno, Melba Farmer, Rebecca Miller, Cody Randolph, Seth Willoughby, Shana Cantrell, Brittany Gulley, Leslie Moore, and Emily Summers. They had met all the requirements.
Meanwhile in his monthly report on personnel, Director Cripps announced that the following have resigned: Lori Chew, teacher at Northside Elementary School; Brittany Dixon, teacher at DCHS; Barbara Jimenez, teacher at Northside Elementary School; Lindsey Pullum, teacher at DCHS; Jesse Vanatta, teacher at Smithville Elementary School; and Rita Young has retired as attendance clerk at Northside Elementary School.
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, Andrew Dixon, Donna Emmons, Lauren Ferrell, Danny Fish, Samantha Fletcher, Amanda Fuller, Stephanie Fuson, David Gash, Emily Geist, Jessica Griffith, Britney Gulley, Josh Gulley, Lesa Hayes, Bradley Hendrix, Sonja House, Randy Jennings, Dylan Kleparek, Brad Leach, Tracy Luna, Rebecca Miller, Lori Myrick, Jenny Norris, Shelly Painter, David Parkers,, Linda Parris, Wanda Phillips, John Pryor, Corey Rathbone, Melissa Ruch, John Sanders, Daniel Seber, Michael Shaw, Aaron Shirah, 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, Megan Carroll, Allison Collier, Trent Colwell, Gates Craighead, Michael Crockett, Alisha Day, Tabitha Farmer, Lindsay Floyd, Carrie Gottlied, Amanda Griffith, Jennifer Griffith, Cynthia Hale, Jessica Hale, Patty Hale, Loree Hall, Jennifer Herndon, Amber Hipsher, Meagan Humbert, Lorie Isabell, Shelly Jennings, Karen Knowles, Kristy Lasser, Lisa Mabe, Jama Martin, Amanda Mathis, Elizabeth Miller, Diana Moon, Melissa Odom, Josh Odom, Beth Pafford, Deb Poteete, Paris Rabidoux, Kathy Ramsey, Amy Raymond, Kristen Rowland, Melissa Roysdon, Sandra Saracho, 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, Whitney Brelje, Jenny Cantrell, Jeanna Caplinger, William Conger, Kim Crook, Martha Damron, Rachel Desimone, Tonya Ellis, Sabrina Farler, Karen France, Julie Hale, Cathleen Humphrey, Nadina Martel, Jennifer Martin, Shelia McMillen, Amanda Mullinax, Tammy Payne, Lori Pryor, Kelly Pyburn, Cynthia Snow, Katie Stutts, Teresa Sullivan, Ashlee Thomason, Shelia Vanatta, Natasha Vaughn, Susan West, Vicki Wilson, and Amy Young.
Smithville Elementary School- Misty Agee, Brooke Anderson, Allison Atnip, Ashley Barnes, Lindsey Bouldin, Beth Cantrell, Summer Cantrell, Claire Cloyd, Tiffany Cowart, Amanda Dakas, Edward Dillard, Mykaela Duke, Tina Gash, Vicky Hawker, Holly Hendrix, Tanya Howard, Kelly Huling, Ana Jarvis, Sydney Johnson, Niki Johnson, Nathalie Kintz, Cameron Lester, Leah Magness, Kristen Malone, 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, Allison Taylor, Janet Trapp, Allyson Trapp, Kristy Williams, Lisa Woods, Janet Woodward, Christie Young, Crystal Young, and Sherian Zamora.
DeKalb Middle School- January Agee, Josh Agee, Samantha Antoniak, Suzette Barnes, Kelly Birmingham, Galen Brown, Nikyra Calcagno, Nancy Cowan, Melba Farmer, Lacey Foutch, Amy Fricks, Suzanne Gash, Amy Hayes, Lori Hendrix, Callie Herman, Rachel Hernandez, JSarah 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, and Jennifer West.
Central Office Staff- Dr. Kathy Bryant, Michelle Burklow, Dr. Danielle Collins, Elise Driver, Shea Hennessee, Amy Lattimore, Joey Reeder, and Lori Rogers.
