BEDFORD – The North Lawrence Community School board approved the following personnel changes during their school board meeting Thursday night.
New Hires:
- Brandon Baker – Bedford North Lawrence English Instructor effective October 18,2021
- Nathan Cobel – Oolitic Math Instructor effective September 21, 2021
- Kim Hurley – NLCS SLP effective August 30, 2021
- Michael Potts – Bedford North Lawrence Social Studies Instructor effective October 18, 2021
- Christen Cummings – NLCS nurse effective September 7, 2021
- Alli Daughtery – Food Services Administrative Assistant effective September 20, 2021
- Robyn Muder – HR Administrative Assistant effective September 20, 2021
- Kennedy Baxter – Parkview K-2 Instructional Assistant effective September 20, 2021
- Traci Dalheim – Parkview Health Aide effective September 20, 2021
- Alissia Diehl – North Lawrence Career Center Playful Pathways Instructional Assistant – effective TBD
- Emerald England – BNL Health Aide effective September 20, 2021
- Madison Jean – Oolitic Instructional Assistant effective September 20, 2021
- Kayla Kern Needmoore Elementary Instructional Assistant – effective September 20, 2021
- Meridith Morron – Oolitic Instructional Assistant effective September 20, 2021
- Jessica Crum – NLCS Food services effective August 5, 2021
- Pamela Ray – NLCS Food services effective September 20, 2021
- Robin Smith – NLCS Food services effective September 20, 2021
Transfers:
- Nobel Ramey – Transferring from Oolitic Kitchen to BMS Kitchen effective September 2021
Extra-Curricular:
Bedford Middle School –
- Macy Horton – Dance Coach
- Heather Jones – Orchestra
- Curt Alvey – Boys Head Basketball Coach
- Ed Cobb – Girls Head Basketball Coach
- Spencer Cobb – Girls Assistant Basketball Coach
- Kevin Reberger – Band
- Luke Hayden – Choir
- William Deckard – Yearbook Sponsor
Oolitic Middle School –
- Jim Dwyer – Robotics Coach
- Dustin George – Boys Head Basketball Coach
- Canaan Browning – Boys Assistant Basketball coach (split)
- Zach Sasser – Boys Assistant Basketball coach (split)
- Barbra Miller – Girls Head Basketball coach
- Michael Tillett – Girls Assistant Basketball coach
- Amanda Mitchell – Yearbook Sponsor
- Seth Price – Band and Choir
Bedford North Lawrence–
WINTER SPORTS:
Boys Basketball:
- BNL Boys Head Basketball Coach -Jeff Hein
- Varisity Assistant – Zack Robbins
- Junior Varsity Coach – Jason Webb
- Freshman Coach – Jeremy Gilbert
Girls Basketball:
- Girls Basketball Head Coach – Jeff Allen
- Varsity Assistant – Amanda Harrell
- Junior Varisty – Brett Holtz
- Assistant Coach – Chase Spreen
Wrestling:
- Head Coach – Chris Branam
- Assistant Coach – Mike Branam
Boys and Girls Swimming:
- Head Coach – Adam Young
- Assistant Coach – Paul Gabhart
- Assistant Coach – Lindsey Pappas
- Diving Coach – To be determined
SPRING SPORTS
- Softball Head Coach – Brad Gilbert
- Baseball Head Coach – Jeff Callahan
- Boys Track Head Coach – Brett Deckard
- Girls Track Head Coach – Jim Lewis
- Girls Tennis Head Coach – Joni Stigall
- Unified Track Head Coach – Mike Branam
- Boys Golf – To be determined
Department Chairs:
- Art – Leisa Deckard
- Business – Karen Day
- Counseling – Laura Heavener – Walton
- English – Brian Hawkins
- Math – Diedre Deckard
- Music – Eric Berger
- Physical Education – David Horton
- Science – Lynn Titche
- Social Studies – Becky Ambruster
- Special Education – Nancy Strange
- World Languages – Lindsay Pappas
Resignations:
- Rachel Shea – resigning as NLCS SLP effective September 10, 2021
- Todd Tanksly – resigning as Parkview Assistant Principal effective September 10, 2021
- Kasey Berger – Instructional Assistant Parkview effective August 23, 2021
- Roy Douglas – NLCS custodian effective August 31, 2021
- Mark Gee – NLCS bus driver effective August 20, 2021
- Tyler Harrison – BNL Dive Coach effective August 27,2021
- Joshua Kirkman – NLCS Maintenance effective September 8, 2021
- Kimberly Kovacs – Parkview Adminstrative assistant effective September 24, 2021
- Ali Pimat – Parkview Dance Coach effective September 1, 2021
- Carrie Rainey – Information not provided
- Megan Stapp – Parkview Health Aide September 10, 2021
Retirements:
- Tim Day – BNL Instructor effective September 21, 2021 – 28 years of service
- Maria Edwards – BNL Instructor effective December 17, 2021 – 30.5 years of service
- Frank Wintin – Oolitic Instructor effective December 31, 2021 – 33 years of service
Medical Leave –
- Julie Crouch – beginning on September 9 – October 16, 2021
- Nicole Matheny – remainder of 2021 – 2022 school year