(The Pierce County Board of Education discussed and/or voted on the following during their monthly work session, Thursday, March 5 and their regular monthly meeting Monday, March 9.
Construction manager for Patterson Elementary, Pierce County Middle School: The board approved R.H. Tyson Construction of Blackshear as construction manager for the new classroom and bathroom additions at Patterson Elementary and Pierce County Middle School.
Closed session and personnel: The board adjourned into an eight minute closed session to discuss personnel. After the session, the board voted to hire Katherine Dollar and John Smith as teachers at the high school, Mariah Crowe as receptionist at Midway Elementary and Nellie Cobb as custodian at the middle school. The board also voted to accept the resignations of Carly Kilgo, teacher at Midway Elementary, Melanie Tuten, teacher at Patterson Elementary, Tyler Rogers teacher at the high school and Robert Douberly, Lady Bears head basketball coach. Assignment and contract changes approved include Katelyn Carter at the high school, Lindsay Garren, bookkeeper at Midway and Patterson Elementary, Priscilla Walsh, instructional coach at the middle school, Amy Peavy special education early intervention coordinator for the system for five additional days and Jessica Hayes, bus monitor. The board adjourned into a three minute closed session to discuss personnel Monday night. After the session, the board voted to hire Nicholas “Cole” Walsh as principal at Midway Elementary. (See related story in next week’s edition.) The board also accepted the resignations of teachers Rebecca Middleton at Midway Elemmentary and Hannah Pitts at Patterson Elementary.
