2021-2022 Teachers and Staff
Administration
Garrick Rhoads ------------ Principal
Shalise Taylor -------------- Assistant Principal
James Allen ----------------- Dean of Students
Lisa Brown ----------------- Secretary
Jeanette Alford ------------ Bookkeeper
Katharine Pairis ------------ Nurse
Sheila Sellers --------------- School Counselor
Tanjie Brown-Rodgers ----- School Counselor
LaToya Shovely ------------ Academic Coach
Early Start
Angela De Mik
Judith Flick
LaVerne Dickey
Kindergarten
Tayloe Brooks
Heather Hudgins
Kimberly Mann (Long-Term Substitute)
Tekera Orr
Allison Taylor
Shawn Tucker
First Grade
Diana Bower
Jamie Guthrie
Sara Keene
Toni Montella
Denise Russell
Raven Southall
Second Grade
Ariel Boone
Arviette Hunter
Casey McKenna
Tasha Ricks
Kirsten Swierc (Lovey Lyons - Long-Term Substitute)
Third Grade
Princess Cuffee (Long-Term Substitute)
Carrie Davis
Melley Rountree
Marinda Umphlett (Long-Term Substitute)
Emmie Wheeler (Long-Term Substitute)
Fourth Grade
Michelle Byrd
Kari Hill
Theresa Kerns
Kayla Pennington
Fifth Grade
Caitlyn Curry
Alyssa Hester
Wayne Rau
Barbara Robinson
Specialists
Cassandra Hobbs ---------- Title 1 Reading Specialist
Crystal McLaurin ----------- Title 1 Reading Specialist
Janet Myers ---------------- Title 1 Reading Specialist
Linda Perry-Clarke --------- Gifted
Franchetta Aijibola -------- Special Education
Cory Benson ---------------- Special Education
Brittany Chavis ------------- Special Education Lead
Laura Eaton ---------------- Special Education
Kim Faulk ------------------- Special Education
Ann Phillips ----------------- Special Education
Linda Firnstahl ------------- Speech Pathologist
Chelsea Edwards ---------- Occupational Therapy
Armia Eskarous ------------ Physical Therapy
Stephanie Miller ------------ Self-Contained
Mary Smith ----------------- Self-Contained
Lillian Sloan ----------------- SECEP
Alexandria Winfield -------- SECEP
Kiara Lee -------------------- Back On Track
Resource Teachers
Larry Clayton ------------------ PE
Jennifer Columbus ------------ Library
Lydia Dommel ----------------- Art
Rachel Summers -------------- Music (Terrell Batten - Long-Term Substitute)
Teacher Assistants
Donna Bailey
Anne Beaber
Marjorie Benson
Tabitha Brady
Dorothy Brickhouse
Carly Copeland
Renee Copeland-Rose
Vernecia Fentress
Shatesha Harrell
Monica Harris
Johnella Hunter
Kisha Lassiter
Maya Lewis
Terese Riley
Sharonda Rodgers
Renee Rose
Anna Ruffin
Ila Schmeling
Clement Watson
Safety Monitors
Danielle Hart
Custodial & Cafeteria Staff
Jon Britt
Brian Outlaw (Head Custodian)
Doreen Taylor
LaToya Walker
Lisa Coltrane (Cafeteria Manager)
Charlene Hardy
Shirley Hunter
Willie Kee
Dinesha Price
Fannie Vaughan
Diann Worrell
Day Treatment Providers
Jamal Smith------------ Case Manager
Michael Akins ---------------- Counselor
China Rawls-Goston --------- Counselor
Communities in School
Summer Ames ----------------Site Coordinator