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The Escambia County Board of Education July 29 approved some last-minute personnel recommendations before the start of the 2024-25 school year.

The first day of school for the system is Aug. 6.

The board approved the following personnel recommendations:

Resignation

• Victoria Shipp, as seven-hour lunchroom worker at Escambia County Middle School, effective Aug. 11;
• Nikita Pinkney, as teacher at ECMS, effective July 15;
• Aundrea Beasley, as special education aide at Flomaton High School, effective July 23;
• Allison Lowery, as elementary teacher at W.S. Neal Elementary School, effective July 31;
• Brigitte Hoomes, as six-hour lunchroom worker at WSNES, effective July 31;

Employment

• Jamieka McMorris, as pre-k auxiliary teacher aide at A.C. Moore Primary School, effective Aug. 1, replacing Kimberly Burris;
• Kathleen Camp, as kindergarten teacher at A.C. Moore Primary School, effective Aug. 1, replacing Nikki Trawick;
• Sandi McMurphy, as itinerant registered nurse at ECMS and ECHS, effective July 31;
• Ray Morris, as assistant principal at ECHS, effective July 29, replacing Layton Knight;
• James Weber, as media production teacher at ECHS, effective Aug. 1;
• Deri Grissett, as band director at ECHS, effective Aug. 1, replacing Kathryn Canterbury;
• Teralyn Kast, as science teacher at ECMS, effective Aug. 1, replacing Sydney Garrett;
• Terry Knowles, as custodian at FHS, effective Aug. 1, replacing Sherry Evans;
• Kate Kiser, as CTE pre-engineering teacher at FHS, effective Aug. 19, replacing Rafeal Adams;
• Tiffany Fretwell, as English/language arts teacher at FHS, effective Aug. 1, replacing Joy Daniels;
• Skye Ramsey, as custodian at FHS, effective July 30, replacing Jeana Barrow;
• Jenny Lynn Zundel, as instructional teacher aide at Rachel Patterson Elementary School, effective Aug. 1, replacing Maranda Lambeth;
• Taylor Campbell, as elementary teacher at RPES, effective Aug. 1, replacing Leah White;
• Kimberly Waldrop, as elementary teacher at RPES, effective Aug. 1, replacing Christin Brooks;
• Rider Jernigan, as English/language arts teacher at W.S. Neal Middle School, effective Aug. 1, replacing Ashley Gafford;
• Aubrina W. Bowens, as English/language arts teacher at W.S. Neal High School, effective Aug. 1, replacing Tiffany Oliver;

Employment change

• Raquel Davis, from assistant principal at Flomaton Elementary School, to elementary curriculum and instruction supervisor at ECBOE, effective Aug. 1, replacing Nicole Spottswood;
• Rita Jones, from seven-hour lunchroom worker at ECHS, to CNP manager at ECHS, effective Aug. 1, replacing Cindy Young;
• Vernametres McCracklin, from social studies teacher at ECHS, to career preparedness teacher at ECHS, effective Aug. 1, replacing Walton Thompson;
• Quentin Riley, from teacher aide at ECMS, to social studies teacher at ECMS, effective Aug. 1, replacing Nikita Pinkney;
• Kisha Hagan, from six-hour lunchroom worker at FHS, to bus driver at Brewton Bus Shop, effective Aug. 1, replacing Kathleen Meadows;
• Hugh T. Fountain, from special education aide at Pollard McCall Junior High School, to physical education teacher/career prep at W.S. Neal High School, effective Aug. 1, replacing Mike Miller;
• Stacy Thomas, from seven-hour custodian at W.S. Neal Middle, to bus driver at Brewton Bus Shop, effective Aug. 1, replacing Shannon Folsom;

Transfer

• Canterbury, as band director at ECHS to band director at FHS, effective Aug. 1, replacing Brittany Van Winkle;
• Ashley Gafford, as ELA teacher at W.S. Neal Middle to FHS, effective Aug. 1, replacing Joy Daniels;

Summer employment

• Joshua Coleman, as teacher at WSNHS, effective June 8;
• Karl Smith, as assistant principal at RPES, effective June 8;

Rehire

• Cynthia Clack, as pre-k auxiliary teacher aide at ACMPS, effective Aug. 1;
• Rafael Adams, as social studies teacher at ECHS, effective Aug. 1, replacing McCracklin;
• Elizabeth Wallace, as CTE cosmetology instructor at ECHS, effective July 24;
• Patrice Fountain, as special education teacher at RPES, effective Aug. 1, replacing Rachel Hadley; and,
• Sally Denton, as part time academic interventionist at WSNES, effective Aug. 27.

Board President Loumeek White thanked school administrators for their diligence in filling the vacant positions.