September 9, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
The DeKalb County Board of Education has a new chairman.
During Thursday night’s regular monthly meeting, Seventh District member Shaun Tubbs was elected to serve as chairman for the next twelve months. He will succeed First District member Danny Parkerson who has served as chairman for the past two years. Parkerson will remain a member of the board.
Meanwhile, Third district member Jim Beshearse was elected Vice Chairman of the Board while Sixth District member Jason Miller will 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 personnel report.
Jaimie Bloise has been hired as an Educational Assistant at Smithville Elementary School to replace Melinda League who has resigned from that position.
Those granted a leave of absence as requested were Vickey Barrett from DeKalb West School; Megan Carroll and Kristen Rowland from Northside Elementary School, and Joseph Green and Jessica Griffith from DCHS.