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School personnel changes announced
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Director of Schools Patrick Cripps updated school board members on changes in personnel, including transfers, leaves of absences and resignations at the monthly meeting of the board of education Thursday night. Those employed since last month include: •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 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 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 Resignations: Cassandra Binkley, Tina Fletcher, Ashley Dean, and Tonya Perry