September 14, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
Seventh District member Shaun Tubbs has been re-elected Chairman of the DeKalb County Board of Education.
During Tuesday night’s regular monthly meeting, Tubbs was again selected by his fellow board members to serve as chairman for the next twelve months. This will be Tubbs’ second year as Chairman.
Meanwhile, Third district member Jim Beshearse was re-elected Vice Chairman of the Board while Sixth District member Jason Miller will again serve as the board’s Tennessee Legislative Network (TLN) representative.
The board re-organizes each September electing officers to serve for the year.
In other business, Director of Schools Patrick Cripps gave his monthly report on personnel as follows:
Employment- Eddie Blair, Teacher at DeKalb West School and Heather Koelle, Educational Assistant at Smithville Elementary School.
Leave of Absence- Michael Crockett, Cameron Lester, Shelia McMillen, and Christina Merriman
Resignation-Daniel Seber
The board also voted to accept bids on replacing bleachers and lighting at the DCHS football field.