Board Sells Property for Helipad

Board Sells Property for Helipad

Marla Jones, Managing Editor

marla@southerntorch.com

RAINSVILLE, Ala.-- The DeKalb County Board of Education held their regularly scheduled meeting on July 9. (Full video online).

Mary Crosby of the Grove Oak Volunteer Fire Department requested that the Board sell a parcel of property that once housed the Grove Oak School to the department. The Fire Department has a fire hall on the adjacent property and would like to expand. The Department will build a helicopter pad and storm shelter to better serve the community.  The Board agreed to sell the property to help their expansion for $1. The Grove Oak Fire Department will pay for all legal fees to transfer ownership. 

The following Retirements/Resignations were approved:

  • Angela Dawn Bailey - Itinerant Special Education Bus Aide - Fyffe Special Services Center - Retirement - 7/1/21 
  • Delane Westbrook - Itinerant Special Education Bus Aide - Fyffe Special Services Center - Retirement - 8/1/21 
  • Shane Stewart - Itinerant Special Education Teacher - Collinsville High School - Resignation - 6/16/21 
  •  Kacy Wooten - English Language Arts Teacher - Ider High School - Resignation - 6/30/21 
  • Dusty Darnell - P.E. Teacher - Crossville High School - Resignation - 6/14/21 
  •  Lori Biddle - Elementary Teacher - Sylvania High School - Resignation - 6/21/21 
  • Ashton Traffanstedt - Elementary Teacher - Collinsville High School - Resignation - 6/27/21 
  •  Lauren Roszell - Band Director - Geraldine High School - Resignation - 6/30/21 
  •  Seth Busby - Secondary Social Sciences Teacher - Plainview High School - Resignation - 7/2/21 
  • Macy Cole - Elementary Teacher- Crossville Elementary School - Resignation - 6/29/21 
  •  Christa Sims - Reading Interventionist - Crossville Elementary School - Resignation - 7/1/21 
  • .Daniel Garrett - P.E. Teacher - Collinsville High School - Resignation - 5/27/21 
  •  Jon Nelson - Secondary Social Sciences Teacher - Crossville High School - Declined Position - 6/30/21 
  •  Rachel Johnson - Itinerant Special Education Teacher - Geraldine High School - Resignation - 7/2/21 
  •  Melinda Wooden - Itinerant Special Education Paraprofessional - Plainview High School - Resignation - 7/8/21 
  •  Donna Womack - Secondary History Teacher - Sylvania High School - Retirement - 9/1/21 

The following Leave of Absences was granted: 

  • Taylor Finch Littles - Elementary Teacher - Geraldine High School - 8/2/21-8/27/21 
  •  Kennedy Brown - Occupational Therapist - Annex - 8/2/21-10/19/21 
  • Yolanda Lopez - Migrant Liaison - District - 5/12/21-6/30/21 
  •  Michelle Norwood - Itinerant Special Education Teacher - Crossville High School - 8/1/21-7/30/22 
  •  Becky Reeves - Healthcare Instructor - DeKalb County Technology Center 

 8/2/21-5/27/22 

The following Transfers were made:

  •  Amanda Chisenhall - Itinerant Special Needs Pre-K Paraprofessional to Itinerant Nurse at Fyffe Special Services Center 
  •  Tammy Wynn - Pre-K Teacher at Henagar Jr. High School to Elementary Teacher at Ruhama Jr. High School 
  •  Brian Pool - Assistant Principal Crossville High School to 12 month Principal at Crossville Middle School (Two-Year Probationary Contract 7/1/21-6/30/23) 
  •  Rob Hullet - Itinerant Technology Instructional Coach for the District to Secondary Mathematics Teacher - Geraldine High School 
  • Hugh Taylor - Secondary Science Teacher at Ruhama Junior High School to P.E. / Intervention Teacher at Crossville Middle School  
  •  Daniel Williams - Teacher at DVA to Technology Integration/Math Coach for the District 
  •   Lisa Dollar - Itinerant Special Education Teacher to Pre-K Teacher at Geraldine High School 
  •  Alicia Wilbanks - Elementary Teacher at Collinsville High School to Elementary Teacher at Sylvania High School
  • Allison Foster - Itinerant EL Teacher at Crossville Middle School to Itinerant EL Teacher at Collinsville High School 
  •  Angela Edge - Itinerant Special Education Paraprofessional to Itinerant Special Education Pre-K Paraprofessional at Fyffe Special Services Center 
  •  Annie Varner - Receptionist to Secretary at the Central Office 
  •  Courtney Waldrop - Itinerant Special Education Paraprofessional to Itinerant Special Education Teacher at Plainview High School 
  • Jodie Rae Barton - Itinerant Special Education Paraprofessional to Itinerant Special Education Teacher at Crossville Middle School 

The following Placements were made(All placements are made pending a background review meeting suitability criteria and negative, pre-employment drug screen and appropriate certification):

Certified 

Blakely Appleton - Elementary Teacher - Collinsville High School 

  •  Chelsea Patterson - Itinerant Special Education Paraprofessional - Collinsville High School 
  •  Seth Phillips - Secondary Mathematics Teacher - Crossville Middle School 
  • Jennifer Mayes - Elementary Teacher - Crossville Middle School
  • Marlene Bryant - Elementary Teacher - Collinsville High School 
  •  Emily Smith - Business Education Teacher - Collinsville High School 
  • Heath Blackwell - ½ Assistant Principal / ½ Teacher - DeKalb Virtual Academy 
  •  Jessica Horton - Itinerant Special Education Teacher - Collinsville High School 
  • Robin Potter - Elementary Teacher - Collinsville High School 
  •  Hailee Miradakis - Elementary Teacher - Collinsville High School 
  •  Makayla Lacy - Elementary Teacher - Crossville Middle School 
  •  Britt Shore - Secondary Social Sciences Teacher - Crossville High School 
  •  Autumn Fox - Elementary Teacher - Geraldine High School 
  •  Destiny Ridgeway - Elementary Teacher - Geraldine High School 
  • Michaela Young - Pre-K Teacher - Henagar Jr. High School 
  • Isaac Dismuke - Itinerant EL Teacher - Crossville High School 
  •  Kaitlin Clark - Secondary English Language Arts Teacher - Sylvania High School
  •  Mandi Goza - Elementary Teacher - Crossville Elementary School 
  • Jessica Munger - Secondary English Language Arts Teacher - Ider High School 
  • Joyce Elizabeth Haygood - Elementary Teacher - Collinsville High School 
  •  Megan Henderson - Secondary Social Sciences Teacher - Plainview High School 
  • Timothy Spears - Band Director - Geraldine High School 
  • Amber Miller - Elementary Teacher - Crossville Elementary School

Support:

  • Summer Rainer - Store Worker (6 hour) - Sylvania High School 
  • Summer Wooten - Pre-K Auxiliary - Plainview High School 
  •  Kaylee Hubbard- Pre-K Auxiliary - Henagar Junior High 

The following Contracts were granted:

  •  Landscape Maintenance Agreement - Central Office 
  • Ernie Willingham - Baseball Coaching Contract - Collinsville High School
  • Ider High School - After School Program 
  • Barbara Davis 
  • Deborah Durham 
  • Tina Ferguson 
  • Nancy Frost 
  • Dena Hairston 
  •  Lindsay Higdon 
  • Diane Laney 

Valley Head High School - After School Program 

  •  Renae Day 
  •  Renee Fraley 
  • Amy Haymon 
  • Tonya Hilyer 
  • Lesa Smith 
  • Lynne Wagner 

 Heath Blackwell - DVA Schedules

 STEM Camp 

  •  Joey Haymon 
  • Kristi Mitchell 
  • Tim Turner 

Dallas Brown -Summer Worker - Ider High School 

 Ellen Shirley - Summer School CNP 

Migrant Summer Program 

  • Sadie Durham
  • Beatriz Felipe 
  • Brenda Gembe 
  • James Hamby 
  •  Katie Bailey 
  • Heather Beritiech 
  •  Yenifer Pedro 

Kinsey Hawkins - Summer Bus Driver  

Geraldine High School - Summer Program 

  •  Lyndsey Franklin 
  • Melissa Gilbert 
  •  Ginger Hill
  • Teresa Jamison 
  • Darlene Mosley 
  • Kimberly Norwood 
  • Dana Patterson 
  • Vickie Armstrong

 Michelle White - Valley Head High School - Summer Program 

Teresa Smith - Summer School Coordinator 

Daniel Williams - Summer School Teacher 

The date of Next Meeting – July 27, 2021, Regular Meeting at 5:00 P.M.; Work Session at 4:30 P.M. in the Meeting Room at the Facilities Building. 

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