Theresa Alonso is the new assistant principal at Midway Elementary School. Alonso was hired for the position amid a flurry of personnel decisions during a called meeting of the school board Monday morning, March 23.
The decision came following a 27 minute closed session to discuss personnel.
She is currently serving as instructional coach at the school.
Alonso will fill the assistant principal’s position vacated by Dr. Cole Walsh who was named principal at MES last month. Walsh succeeded Dr. Brandi Todd, who was appointed principal of Pierce County High School in February.
Alonso has been instructional coach at Midway since 2016. Prior to joining the Pierce County School System, she spent eight years teaching in Ware County, with stints at both Ware County High School and Waycross Middle School.
She holds a bachelor of music in music education, a master of education in middle grades math and science, a master of education in educational leadership and an education specialist degree in curriculum and instruction.
Alonso’s husband, Juan, teaches seventh grade math at PCMS and is assistant varsity baseball coach at the high school.
They are the parents of two sons, James, a sophomore at PCHS, and Jude, a kindergartner at Midway.
In other personnel decisions, the school board voted to hire Kylee Herndon and Hannah Undercuffler as teachers at Blackshear Elementary, Emma Day and Zoey Yarbrough as teachers at Midway Elementary, Cari Corino as a teacher at the middle school, Sutton Kemp as a teacher and Susan Altman as a 49 percent college and career advisor, both at the high school and Danielle Brooker as a paraprofessional at Patterson Elementary. Kathy Bradley was approved as tennis coach at the high school.
The board also approved the resignations of Glynda “Alle” Lee, teacher at the middle school, Alexandra Wright, teacher at Midway Elementary and James “Matt” Hickox as teacher, assistant football coach and tennis coach at the high school, Randi Dixon as a paraprofessional at Blackshear Elementary, Amber Corbitt food assistant with school nutrition, Kyler McLaughlin, maintenance (HVAC) technician and Lynette Kearney, transportation bus monitor.
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