The Escambia County Board of Education approved the following personnel recommendations at the regular meeting Thursday, May 18. Recommendations were made to the board by Superintendent John Knott.
Resignation
1. Teresa Armstrong, board secretary, Brewton Central Office, effective June 30, 2017
2. Joanna Varner, third grade teacher, Flomaton Elementary School, effective May 26, 2017
3. Daniel Akins, assistant band director, Escambia County Middle School, effective May 26, 2017
4. Sharon Bell, trainer, Atmore & Brewton bus shops, effective May 1, 2017
5. Erin Straughn, PE teacher, Escambia County High School, effective May 26, 2017
Transfer
1. Anna Wheeler, elementary teacher, Rachel Patterson Elementary School, to elementary teacher, Escambia County Middle School, effective August 4, 2017 (replacing Deborah Thrash)
2. Tansey Espey, PE teacher, Flomaton Elementary School, to elementary teacher, Rachel Patterson Elementary School, effective August 4, 2017 (replacing Anna Wheeler)
Employment
1. Title I Jump Start Summer Program Personnel:
Flomaton Elementary School – teacher: Leah Vickery; substitute teacher: Jenny Engle, Blaire Singleton, Heather Qualls; teacher aide: Courtney Johnson, Brittany Evans
Huxford Elementary School – teacher: Elizabeth Tucker; teacher aide: Deborah Peterson
Pollard-McCall Junior High School – teacher aide: Faith Ellington
Rachel Patterson Elementary School – bus driver: Jean Montel; teacher aide: Natashcia Kidd, Allison Brooks; substitute teacher: Anna Wheeler
W.S. Neal Elementary School – bus driver: Lori Benton
2. 21st Century Community Learning Center Summer Program Personnel:
A.C. Moore Elementary School – site co-coordinator: Kathy Shehan, Brandy Baggett; teacher: Kathy Shehan, Rebecca Murray, Brandy Baggett, Cordia Lee; substitute teacher: Rachel Hadley; community educator: Doris Johnson, Rebecca Lassiter; student worker: Savannah Tingle, Kimberly Waldrop, Chelsey Day; custodian: Jennifer Burkett; bus driver: Lillie Williams
Escambia County Middle School – teacher: Michael Bowen, Layton Knight, Danielle Logan, Brittany Linam; student worker: Eboni Williams, Angelica Clack, Nicholas Davidson; bus driver: Lisa Biggs, Sharon Rose; site coordinator: Marcia Adams; community educator: Ruth Harris; custodian: James Williams
3. Extended Summer Program Personnel:
A.C. Moore Elementary School – teacher: Brian Stallworth
Flomaton Elementary School – teacher aide: Sydney Bell
Flomaton High School – teacher: Phillip Bell, Jeffrey Haney
Escambia County Middle School – teacher: Levon Wright, Jamila Russell; teacher: Talia Wright
Rachel Patterson Elementary School – teacher aide: Casey Lodge, Stephanie Mosley; substitute aide: Rachel Mooney; substitute teacher: Lora Matheny
W.S. Neal Elementary School – teacher: Gloria Hill, Kristin Kemp
W.S. Neal Middle School – teacher: Erin Howard, Schwayn Bradley, Jennifer Blaney, Sandra Barrow
4. Summer Maintenance Custodians for A.C. Moore Elementary School, Escambia County High School, Escambia County Middle School, Flomaton Elementary School, Flomaton High School, Huxford Elementary School, Pollard-McCall Junior High School, Rachel Patterson Elementary, W.S. Neal Elementary School, W.S. Neal Middle School, W.S. Neal High School, Turtle Point Science Center
5. Student Summer Workers for Escambia County High School, Escambia County Middle School, Flomaton High School, W.S. Neal High School, Escambia Career Readiness Center
6. Jade Danley, Special Education teacher, location to be assigned, effective August 4, 2017
7. Michelle Wright, Special Education teacher, location to be assigned, effective August 4, 2017
8. Cody Pridgen, mechanic, Brewton Bus Shop, effective May 22, 2017 (Replacing Alfred Johnson)
9. Robert Spicer, bus driver, Atmore YMCA Summer Program, effective June 5, 2017
Employment change
1. Alfred Johnson, mechanic, Brewton Bus Shop, to head mechanic, Brewton Bus Shop, effective May 22, 2017 (replacing Anthony Mosley)