by Samantha Sinclair
White County News
The White County Board of Education hired new principals for Mt. Yonah Elementary and Tesnatee Gap Elementary, and also hired new directors for Warrior Academy and the system’s finance department Thursday night.
All hires are effective next school year.
As White County is a charter school system, each school’s governing council selected their new principal, and the board of education approved the selections. Committees selected the new directors who were then approved by the board.
All will have 230-day contracts and will be paid according to the state salary scale.
“We’re excited about our new folks,” Superintendent Laurie Burkett said after the meeting.
Juliana Dean will be the new principal at Mt. Yonah Elementary. She is the assistant principal at Wauka Mountain Multiple Intelligences Academy in Hall County. She is replacing Jill Baughman who is moving to the central office to serve as the director of federal and state programs.
Dean was selected out of 12 applicants for the position.
Noel Cochran will be the new principal at Tesnatee Gap Elementary. She is the assistant principal at White Sulphur Elementary in Hall County. She is replacing Octavius Mulligan who is retiring.
Cochran was selected out of 13 applicants.
Marybeth Thomas will be the new Warrior Academy director. She is the principal at Cornelia Elementary School in Habersham County. She is replacing Shelly McDonald who is retiring.
Thomas was selected out of 17 applicants.
Lauren Dean Anderson will be the new finance director. She is the chief financial officer at Stephens County School System. She is replacing Julie Dorsey who is retiring.
Look for the full story in the April 6 edition of the White County News.