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March 30, 2022
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Monroe County Schools prepare for annual staff changes
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
Monroe County Schools
administrators are busy
each spring planning for
staff for the next school
year. Personnel actions
approved by the Board of
Education in February and
March reflect that Monroe
County Schools are get
ting ready for the 2022-23
school year accepting res
ignations and retirements
and approving reassign
ments and new hires.
On March 8 the board
approved promoting Mary
Persons principal Dr. Jim
Finch to assistant superin
tendent of personnel & op
erations, the position that
had been held by Jackson
Daniel, whose retirement
was accepted at the same
time.
The board also approved
the promotion of K.B. Sut
ton Elementary principal
Dr. Becky Brown to Direc
tor of CTAE programs,
federal programs and
other duties that had been
covered by Sandy Colwell.
Colwell retired at the end
of the 2020-21 school year
but had returned to work
temporarily with Monroe
County Schools until Janu
ary. The school system will
now begin a search for new
principals at Mary Persons
and K.B. Sutton.
In other actions, the
board approved the retire
ment of Daniel and of two
food assistants at Monroe
County Middle School,
Bettie Jones and Gloria
Taylor. It approved the
resignations of Mary Per
sons teacher Tiffany Smith
and T.G. Scott Elementary
teacher Porscha Amest,
Hubbard
Elementary
parapro-
fessional
Kimberly
Arp and
K.B. Sutton
parapro-
fessional
Rashanda
Goode,
Monroe
County
Middle
School
media
assistant
Kortney
Wicker,
T.G. Scott
nutrition
program
manager
Kay Ball,
T.G. Scott
head cus
todian Travis Faulk and
Hubbard Elementary and
Mary Persons custodians
Alisha Adams and Vanessa
Walker.
Monroe County School
Board approved changes in
positions for Kimberly Al
len to Hubbard Elementary
teacher, Melissa Causey to
T.G. Scott media assistant,
Mary Cunningham to
Monroe County Middle
School media assistant,
John Howell and Cassie
O’Neal to full time bus
drivers, Sarah Kennedy to
Mary Persons paraprofes-
sional, Hannah Lauderdale
to Mary Persons registrar,
Edward Mitchell to lead
bus driver and Katie Snow
to central office payroll
specialist.
Also on March 8 the
school board approved
Cathy Brooks, Nathan
DeVane, Audrey King,
Arianna Livingston, Crys
tal Maurice, Heidi Moon,
Dr. Jim Finch, center, is pictured with his family on March 8 after
his promotion to assistant superintendent is announced at the
Monroe County BOE meeting. Left to right, BOE chair Dr. Priscilh
Doster, Max Finch, Karli Finch, Jim Finch, Kelly Finch, Supt. Dr.
Mike Hickman.
Dr. Becky Brown, center, with her daughters on March 8 afer the an
nouncement of her promotion to CTAE and federal programs director.
Left to right, Dr. Priscilla Doster, Brown, Becky Brown, Brown,
Supt. Dr. Mike Hickman.
Kara Peek, Christy Seig,
and Sleighton Thomas as
substitute teachers.
New hires approved by
the board included 14
teachers: Andrew Ashton
(TGS), Hannah Blessed
(TGS), Whitney Bum-
gardner (KBS), Jasmine
Coleman (HES), Tyeisha
Colley (MP), Valerie Cook
(KBS), Jessica Evans (MP),
Ashley Garner (HES),
Kristie Holland (TGS),
Reese Holton (HES), Anne
Ragan (MCMS), Katelyn
Schneider (MP), Savannah
Sprague (HES) and McK-
enzi Walker (KBS)
Cook, Holland and
Sprague moved from posi
tions as paraprofessionals
to positions as teachers.
Other new hires were
Amanda Bernard as media
specialist at Mary Persons,
moving from a paraprofes-
sional position, Tamika
Brantley as Mary Persons
custodian, Jamie Harrell
as HES
school
nurse,
Rhonda Johnson as TGS
custodian, Synthia Slaugh
ter and Kimberly Thomp
son as HES paraprofession
als and Elizabeth Young in
a clerical position at Mary
Persons. Damario Cheev-
ers and Destiny McLendon
were hired as bus driver
trainees.
The school board also
approved a number of
personnel actions at its Feb.
8 meeting. Retirements
included teachers The
resa Alexander (MCMS),
Wanda Crowder (KBS) and
Dawn Peluso (HES); Mary
Persons registrar Deborah
Miller; and paraprofes-
sional Velveleen Moore
(HES). Joshua Schuyler was
released from his con
tract as a teacher at Mary
Persons.
Resignations were ac
cepted from Mary Persons
teachers Taylor Campbell,
Delvin Jordan and Erica
Peden, KBS teacher Betony
Bennett, Monroe County
Middle School teachers
Rebecca Gray and Brandi
Walker, HES school nurse
Jennifer Doolittle and
Hubbard Elementary
paraprofessionals Kimberly
Arp, Rebecca Arp and Julie
Pyron. (Kimberly Arps
date of leaving was acceler
ated from May 27 to March
15 at the March 8 board
meeting.)
On Feb. 8 the board ap
proved hiring four teachers
at Monroe County Middle
School: Chelsea Blalock,
Millie Durden, Tracie
Grogan and David Mc-
Cullers. It approved hiring
Christopher J. Easterly as
a teacher at Mary Persons
and Evan Grant and Jacob
Neal as system technology
specialists. Whereas other
hires were effective with the
beginning of the 2022-23
school year, Grant and Neal
were hired effective Feb. 14.
Remember when...
1992
Monroe County reaches a
90-day renewable agree
ment to haul its household
trash to Butts County for $12/
ton. It includes a reciproca
agreement that Butts County
may use Monroe County's
new landfill for 90 days at
$ 1/ton.
deers: Clarise Durden, Mable
O'Neal, Ouida Jordan, Helen
Sawyer, Barbara Thurston,
Lucy Wagner
Mary Persons nominees for
the 1992 Golden Eagle
awards are Amanda Sassa-
man, Mary K. Boyd, Paquita
Bass and Brian Cole.
percent of registered voters
turned out in Monroe County.
Cassie Davis, 34, of Forsyth
earns her Master's degree
as a family nurse practitioner
from Kennesaw State Univer
sity and is seeing patients with
Upson Family Physicians in
Thomaston.
M.C.Farm
Bureau &
Central
Ga. EMC
donate
childrens
ag book
Monroe County Farm Bureau Womens Committee Chairman Melissa Mathis, right,
and Christy Chewning, Central Georgia EMC Member Engagement Coordinator, left,
presented a copy of the childrens agricultural book How to Grow a Monster” to Mon
roe County Public Library librarian Marisha Crowder, center. The donation was made on
behalf of the Georgia Foundation for Agriculture and Central Georgia EMC.
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Athletic physicals for
student athletes
Mary Persons will offer athletic
physicals for student athletes
on Monday, April II for $10 at
4-5 p.m. for rising 6th, 7th & 8th
graders and from 5:15-6:15p.m.
for rising 9th-12th graders.
April 14
MP's Got Talent
Tri-M Music Honor Society will
present ‘MP's Got Talent'on
Thursday, April 14 at 7 p.m. at
the Board of Education Audito
rium, 25 Brooklyn Ave., Forsyth.
April 23
6th Annual Charity
GolfTournament
The Forsyth United Methodist
Men and Boy Scout Troop #51
will sponsor their 6th Annual
Charity GolfTournament on
Saturday, April 23 at 8 a.m. at
The Forsyth Golf Club. Proceeds
benefit the Bob Land Memo
rial Scholarship Fund and BSA
Troop 51. Golf and lunch is $50
per player, $200 for 4-person
teams. Hole Sponsorships
are $ 100. Fun and prizes for
all! Call (404) 392-5595 or (478)
550-6096 for information &
registration.
April 28-30
"The Sound of Music"
Mary Persons & Monroe County
Middle School will present "The
Sound of Music" on Thursday,
Friday & Saturday, April 28-30
at6p.m. and also at 2 p.m. on
Saturday at Monroe County Fine
Arts Center. Tickets are $15 pre
sale and $20 at the door (cash
or check).
May 6
Forsyth Tree Board
Golf Tournament
The 7th Annual Forsyth Tree
Board Golf Tournament will
be Friday, May 6 at the For
syth Golf Club, 400 Country
Club Drive, Forsyth. Registra
tion is 8 a.m„ with tee time
at 9 a.m. It will be 4-per-
son scramble-best ball. To
register, $75/person, $300/
team. Contact Lyn Sandifer
at the City of Forsyth. Fees
include lunch, goodie bag,
green fees & cart and tickets
for door prizes. Cash prizes
for top three teams. Limit 18
teams. Proceeds help fund
the tree planting projects
of the Forsyth Tree Board.
Sponsor a hole for $50 or
donate a door prize. For
more information, contact Mi
chael Glisson at Glisson6@
gmail.com
June 10
Teen Safe Driving Camp
Monroe County Sheriff's
Office will offer the 14th
Annual Teen Safe Driv
ing Camp for drivers ages
15-17 at the Georgia Public
Safety Training Center, 1000
ndian Springs Dr., Forsyth on
Saturday, July 9 from 9 a.m.-
4:30 p.m. Cost is $20, which
includes lunch and T-shirt.
Space is limited. Application
deadline is June 10. For more
information, contact MG.
Sheriff's Office.
On-Going
New pavers at Monroe
County Veterans Memo
rial to be engraved
For those who have been
thinking about honoring a
family member or friend who
is a veteran by engraving
a paver at the Veterans
Memorial on the Monroe
County Square with his or
her name and information, it
is time to follow through with
that intention. It is necessary
to wait for engraving until
there are a sufficient number
or orders. Enough orders
have been received, but the
engraver is now waiting to
receive stencil materials. To
place an order contact Dr.
Priscilla Doster at 478-994-
9613 PDoster48@aol.com.
About 35 people came to
what should be Monroe
County's final public hearing
on the proposed Strickland
Loop Landfill.
Diamond Waste presents
a check for $60.89 for
recycled items sold in the past
five months.
Forsyth firefighters battle a
blaze at at house belonging
to George Willis Jr. at 202
James Street for over an hour.
There are extensive damages
but no injuries.
Monroe County Chamber of
Commerce president Mike
Dodd presents Historical Soci
ety president Ernest Morgan
with a check for $7,000 from
the hotel/motel tax earmarked
for tourism projects. The
Historical Society operates
the Whistle Stop Museum &
Gift Shop, which serves as
a Welcome Center for visi
tors to Forsyth and Monroe
County.
Terry Johnson of the Non
game Wildlife Office at Rum
Creek photographs a seven-
week-old great horned owl,
one of two raised in a nearby
nest, on a fence behind the
Forsyth home of Lamar &
Carey Russell.
Master and Miss Miracle
Worker 1992 are Michae
Grousse, 2, of Jackson and
Sierra Sawley, 18 months, of
Forsyth. They were crowned
at Forsyth Walmart, whose
employees raised over $300
for the Children's Miracle
Network at the Forsythia
Festival.
The Monroe County 4-H
Horse Club hosts its first horse
show and attracts 45 partici
pants. Local 4-H'er Amanda
Hume is High Point Individual
in the Western Events.
Monroe County Hospita
Auxiliary installs new of-
The Meadows Gun Club in
Smarr hosts about 15 media
representatives from around
the globe as part of Geor
gia's International Media Tour
before the 1996 Olympics.
2002
Jordan Harris, a 6th grader
at Monroe County Middle
School and the son of Bob
& Laurie Harris, will travel
to Australia this summer as
part of the People to People
Student Ambassador Program.
High Falls residents again
voice concerns over the im
pact the High Falls Supercross
track, owned by Pat Old-
know, is having on the area.
They cite noise, traffic and
environmental violations
Monroe County's operating
budget grows from $3.5 mil-
ion in 1982 to $16.5 million
in 2002.
A Community Easter Sunrise
Service will be held at 7 a.m.
on Easter morning at Monroe
Memorial Gardens, Highway
41 North.
The Exchange Club of Forsyth
presents the Law Enforcement
Officer of the Year award
to Trooper 1st Class J. M.
Maynard.
Monroe County Board of
Education approves a 3.25
percent across the board sal
ary increase for certified and
non-certified employees.
Monroe County Schools Spe
cial Olympics is held at Mary
Persons track with great
attendance.
Monroe Academy holds its
first night soccer game.
2012
Monroe County voters pass
the 1-percent sales tax for
another six-year term by 67
to 33 percent. A total of 29
Family and friends of rock
egend Ronnie Hammond,
who passed away in Forsyth
one year ago, will honor his
memory with a benefit motor
cycle ride and party in June.
Three members of the El Teja-
do Mexican Restaurant team
become U.S. citizens: Cindy
Pena, 28: Lorena Salazar,
25; Lilly Marlowe, 42.
Taylor Love of Forsyth, 11, is
on the cover of the March
edition of Georgia Family
Magazine.
Forsyth Monroe County
Kiwanis Club names Lee Smith
the 2011-12 Kiwanian of the
Year.
Forsyth native Gregg Bunn,
organist, will present a
concert at Forsyth United
Methodist Church.
Almost 300 runners turn out
for the Forsythia 5K and Fun
Run. Jody Glidewell is the
overall winner, and Kaitlyn
Patterson is the first female
finisher.
The owner of a Forsyth crime-
scene cleanup company,
Scott Bogulski, apologizes for
posting on his Facebook page
photos of the murder scene at
the Su Jung Health Sauna on
Buford Highway in Norcross.
Five people were killed.
Four Mary Persons seniors
are the only Georgians to
qualify to compete in the
semi-final round of the Na
tional Bridge Design Contest
conducted by West Point
Military Academy: Gage An
derson, Jordan Harmon, Devin
Laurence, Alex Madden.
Mary Persons State Cham
pion Agriculture Mechanics
team includes Brody Shiver,
Foster Hopkins, Jordan Harbin
and Ethan Boyd.
Remember When
Monroe County
Memorial Chapel
We set the standards
that others follow 1
Harley Ray "Spanky" Beck
86 West Main Street • Forsyth
478-994-4266
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