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Director Names 2022-23 Professional School Personnel

June 10, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

Director of Schools Patrick Cripps has hired a total of 227 teachers and other professional personnel for the 2022-23 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, Angie Anderson, Charlotte Blaylock, Amanda Brown, Kevin Burchfield, Brian Cadle, Thomas Cagle, Amee Cantrell, Jeanine Cantrell, Todd Cantrell, Gary Caplinger, Lisa Craig, Bruce Curtis, Deborah DePriest, Ethan Duke, Luke Dycus, Donna Emmons, Lauren Ferrell, Lacey Foutch, Amanda Fuller, Emily Geist, Joseph Green, Luke Green, Ann Griffey, Jessica Griffith, Britney Gulley, Josh Gulley, Lesa Hayes, Bradley Hendrix, Danielle Horton, Sonja House, Lori Isabell, Dylan Kleparek, Brad Leach, Rebecca Miller, Lori Myrick, Jenny Norris, Shelly Painter, Linda Parris, Wanda Phillips, John Pryor, Gabby Robinson, Melissa Ruch, John Sanders, Daniel Seber, Michael Shaw, Steve Trapp, Stephanie Turner, Logan Vance, Tad Webb, Barbara Weller, Michael Whitefield, Don Whitt, Seth Willoughby, and Sara Young.

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

DeKalb West School-
Joey Agee, Jessica Antoniak, Crystal Barnes, Vickey Barrett, Katie Barrett, Erica Birmingham, Mollie Bratten, Whitney Brelje, Galen Brown, Jenny Cantrell, Jeanna Caplinger, William Conger, Kim Crook, Kayley Curtis, Rachel Desimone, Tonya Ellis, Sabrina Farler, Karen France, Rachel Hernandez, Cathleen Humphrey, Jennifer Martin, Shelia McMillen, Leslie Moore, Amanda Mullinax, Tammy Payne, Lori Pryor, Kelly Pyburn, Missy Sliger, Cynthia Snow, Teresa Sullivan, Ashlee Thomason, Susan West, and Amy Young.

Smithville Elementary School-
Misty Agee, Brooke Anderson, Allison Atnip, Ashley Barnes, Lindsey Bouldin, Beth Cantrell, Summer Cantrell, Rayanna Chapman, Claire Cloyd, Tiffany Cowart, Amanda Dakas, Edward Dillard, Brittany Ferrell, Tina Gash, Emily Harville, Holly Hendrix, Tanya Howard, Brooke Howard, Kelly Huling, Morgan Hutson, Ana Jarvis, Sydney Johnson, Emily Lattimore, Cameron Lester, Leah Magness, Adrienne McCormick, Christina Merriman, LeVaughnda Midgett, Kady Moffett, Jacquelyn Overbey, Amanda Parker, Maxwell Patterson, Bethany Poss, Jane Ramsey, Amanda Rhoady, Bethany Rigsby, Melissa Sliger, Cristy Spears, Cynthia Stoglin, Emily Summers, Carol Tallent, Kaylene Thomason, Janet Trapp, Allyson Trapp, Kristy Williams, Lisa Woods, Janet Woodward, Mykaela Young, and Crystal Young.

DeKalb Middle School-
January Agee, Josh Agee, Kelly Birmingham, Victoria Christian, Nancy Cowan, Laura Daniel, Melba Farmer, Amy Fricks, Stephanie Fuson, Suzanne Gash, Amy Hayes, Lori Hendrix, Sarah Jacobs, Angela Johnson, Bryan Jones, Michelle Jones, Teresa Jones, Alyssa Leslie, Kristen Lynch, Martha Melching, Justin Nokes, Courtney O’Conner, Scott Odom, David Parker, Hunter Poteete, Justin Poteete, Anita Puckett, Cody Randolph, Janie Roberts, Candice Scrabo, Carson Speck, Danni Stahlke, Jessica Taylor, Kitty Thomas, Cheryl Vance, Jennifer West, and Christie Young

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




School Support Staff Hired for 2022-23

June 10, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

Director of Schools Patrick Cripps has employed the 171-support staff for the 2022-23 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:
Justin Braswell, Kathy Chapman, Isabella Clark, Jamie Cripps, Tena Edwards, Beverly Ferrell, Betty Foster, Lori Gallagher, Haley Haggard, Yvonne Hale, Ester Holder, Brooke Hutchings, Patricia Linder, Marsha Martin, Mike Merriman, Tera Mooneyham, Holly Moore, Cora Pack, Sara Parker, Santos Sosa, Jerry Strait, Brad Trapp, and Vicky Walker.

DeKalb Middle School:
Fay Baker, Patricia Bratcher, Deanna Brooks, Callie Brown, Martha Cantrell, Rochelle Davis, Trena Ferrell, Ginda Kilgore, Isla Ledbetter, Jodi Lester, Tammy Maynard, Lacey McMillen, Lisa Norton, Brandi Patterson, Tina Pedigo, Brittany Simpson, Ethan VanHook, and Miranda Waggoner

Smithville Elementary School:
Jamie Bloise, Kristen Braseel, Katie Brewer, Dean Broadhead, Brenda Beth Cantrell, Hope Carter, Melanie Crews, Darlene Evans, Jennifer Gay, Margie Hale, Nikki Johnson, Talitha Looney, Deanna Page, Rebecca Parker, Lori Poss, Stephanie Reeder, Brenda Rigney, Jennifer Roller, Jennifer Salas, Kathy Stanley, Jackie Stockling, Marie Storie, Patricia Tallent, Allison Taylor, Mary-Margaret Tripp, Tammy Tyler, and Celia Whaley.

Northside Elementary School:
Tiffany Bjorge, Kortny Blaylock, Chelsie Bryant, Tristian Burgess, Brenda Cantrell, Rosalinda Cervantas, Tara Driver, Alexis Dube, Terrie Ford, Glenda Gassaway, Mary Hancock, Janda Hendrixson, Tamara Judkins, LaTonya Kleparek, Ann Knisley,Melinda Lattimore, Cassidy Mitchell, Angela O’Connell, Jada Shinkle,, Joy Troncoso, and Deneene Willingham.

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

County Wide Positions:
Chandra Adcock, Cindy Childers, Kenderly Cripps, Bettye June Dodd, Christie Driver, Wade Ferrell, Greg Frasier, Jordon Funk, April Hale, Jessica Hale, Rebecca Hawkins, Dillon Hicks, Terry Hicks, Shelly Jared, Tammy Judkins, Lindsey Knight, Jenean Lawson, Debra London, Shirley Mathis, Greg Matthews, Kirby Morton, Shirley Ours, Natasha Pedigo, Danny Pirtle, Jr., Melissa Pirtle, Cindy Rhody, Roger Sharp, Brooke Shirah, Aaron Shirah, Kimberly Turner, Jamie Vickers, Joannie Williams, Linda Williams, and Aaron Young.

Transportation:
Zack Adams, Michael Agee, Danny Bond, Debra Bernal, Jessica Brewington, Dwayne Cantrell, Todd 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, Cheryl Mach, Scott McBroom, Mike Merriman, Ronald Merriman, Linda Gail Pack, Kelly Pyburn, Ashley Redmon, Myron Rhody, Robert Steinmetz, Carol Swope, , Bobby Taylor, Danny Washer, Lorie Watson, Angela Wilkerson, and James Wilkerson.




Tennessee Tech Recognizes Ethan Jenkins and Faith Judkins as President’s Ambassadors

June 9, 2022
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A total of 12 Tennessee Tech students has made the cut to serve as President’s Ambassadors for the 2022-2023 academic year, including Ethan Jenkins and Faith Judkins, both from Smithville.

The mission of this special campus group – made up of students whose majors vary from marketing to cybersecurity to finance and more – is to present a positive image of the university to all students and guests by welcoming them to campus, answering any possible questions and assisting them with other needs that may arise.

“This is a prestigious program that represents the best our students have to offer,” said President Phil Oldham. “We plan to continue to grow this group to foster goodwill at our university events and partnerships with our community.”

The President’s Ambassadors serve as hosts for special guests on campus, including legislators, donors, members of the Tech Board of Trustees, alumni and more.

Jenkins, who is an undergraduate student in cybersecurity and information assurance, and Judkins, who is an undergraduate student in finance, will serve in the group for the next academic year. Judkins will also serve in a leadership position as the group’s secretary/treasurer.

Tennessee Tech is ranked as a “Best National University” by U.S. News & World Report. The university offers more than 200-plus programs of study, and Tech grads leave with the least debt of all public universities in the state. In fact, based on total cost and alumni earnings, Tech provides students with the highest return on investment for any public university in Tennessee, according to PayScale.

More information about the President’s Ambassadors can be found at tntech.edu/president/ambassadors.




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