North Lawrence Community School Board approves personnel changes Thursday

NLCS

BEDFORD – The North Lawrence Community Schools approved the following personnel changes Thursday night during their regular meeting.

New Hires:

  • Christina Layton – Bedford North Lawrence High School Assistant Principal
  • Jason Poe – Oolitic Assistant Principal
  • Heidi Wagner – Bedford Middle Assistant Principal

Certified 2021-2022 Academic year

  • Michael Broderick – Oolitic Elementary Instructor
  • Brittany Chastain – Shawswick Elementary Instructor
  • Kirsten Clawson – Oolitic Elementary Instructor
  • Rebecca Denver – North Lawrence Career Center Instructor
  • James Dwyer – Oolitic Science Instructor
  • Jason Havlik – North Lawrence Community Success Coach for Bedford North Lawrence High School
  • Ashlyey McCall – Middle School Math Instructor
  • Alexis Mollet – Lincoln Elementary Instructor
  • Laura Montgomery – Oolitic Campus FACS Instructor
  • Christina Reinhardt – Oolitic Elementary Instructor
  • Ashley Singh – Shawswick Elementary Instructor
  • Emily Thompson – Parkview Elementary Instructor
  • Jenifer Thomas-Giyer – North Lawrence Community Schools Social Worker for Bedford North Lawrence High School
  • Holli West – Shawswick Elementary Instructor

Support Staff :

  • Grace Day – Playful Pathways 28 hour Instructional Assistant effective July 26, 2021
  • Nick Laydon – Bedford North Lawrence High School Full-Time Substitute Instructor effective August 4, 2021.
  • Mckenzie Messmore – Playful Pathways 28 hour Instructional Assistant effective August 3, 2021
  • Gloria Nelson – Playful Pathways 28 hour Instructional Assistant effective July 26, 2021
  • Julie Peterson – Playful Pathways 28 hour Instructional Assistant effective July 26, 2021
  • Payton Spires – Playful Pathways 28 hour Instructional Assistant effective July 26, 2021
  • Alexis Wolf – Playful Pathways School Year Instructional Assistant effective August 3, 2021

Transfers:

  • Sharon Kittaka – Transferring from North Lawrence Career Center Instructor to Bedford North Lawrence Instructor effective August 3, 2021
  • Nancy Strange – Transferring from Empire to Bedford North Lawrence Inclusion Instructor effective August 3, 2021
  • Kalli Burgess – Transferring from Needmore Instructional Assistant to Library IA effective August 3, 2021
  • Greg Burton – Transferring from BNL Hall monitor to Study Hall monitor effective August 4, 2021
  • Nechole Hall – Transferring from Playful Pathways 28 hour Instructional Assistant to Playful Pathways 52 week CDA Lead Classroom Instructor effective August 3, 2021
  • Bailey Holmes – Transferring from Parkview Self Contained to Playful Pathway Instructional Assistant effective July 26, 2021
  • Ellen Jackson – Transferring from Oolitic Instructional Assistant to Adminstration Assistant to Adminstration building effective July 26, 2021
  • Tammie Jean – Transferring from Adminstration Building 52 week Adminstrative Assistant to Needmore Year Adminstration Assistant July 26, 2021
  • John Dan Jenkins – Transferring from North Lawrence Community School Custodian to Transporation Mechanic effective July 26, 2021
  • Alisha Marshall – Transferring from BNL Food Services to Security effective August 4, 2021
  • John Hudson – Transferring from OMS to BMS Principal effective August 2, 2021
  • Kelley Terrell – Transferring from OMS assistant principal to OMS Principal effective August 2, 2021

Extra-Curricular:

Middle School

  • Gary Ray – Middle School football coach effective August 2, 2021 – October 8, 2021
  • Jeff Jones – Middle School volunteer football coach August 2, 2021 – October 8, 2021
  • Ryan McKinney – Middle School assistant football coach August 2, 2021 – October 8, 2021
  • Nathan Moldrem – Middle School assistant football coach August 2, 2021 – October 8, 2021
  • John Morris – Middle School assistant football coach effective August 2, 2021 – October 8, 2021
  • Sean Steele – Middle School assistant football coach effective August 2, 2021 – October 8, 2021

Oolitic Middle School

  • Macy Horton – Oolitic Assistant volunteer cheerleading coach
  • Kaitlyn Young – Oolitic Assistant volunteer cheerleading coach

Deduct Days

  • Arik Carpenter – Requesting to take 4 deduct days ( August 4 -8)

Termination

  • Sonia Silva – termination custodian effective July 22, 2021

Resignations

  • Lucas Calhoun – Resigning as Bedford Middle School Principal effective August 2, 2021
  • Melody Allen – Resiging as Oolitic Instructor
  • Paul Batz -Special Education Instructor
  • Kourtney Crockett – Special Education Instructor
  • Jennifer Deckard – NLCS student support specialist
  • Bethany Gross – Bedford Middle School 7th Grade Math Instructor
  • Lisa Higgins- NLCS instructor
  • Melissa Lambrecht – Bedford Middle School resource instructor
  • Whitney McCullough – Lincoln instructor
  • Kristain McDonald – Resigning as Oolitic Math Instructor
  • Barbra Mitchell – Physical Therapist
  • Kenneth Murphy – Oolitic Special Education Instructor
  • Anna Wall – Special Education Instructor
  • Toni Wilkinson – Special Education Instructor

Support:

  • Jessica Bailey – Needmore Elementary Instructor assistant
  • Brittani Baker – Shawswick Instructional assistant
  • Debra A. Baker – Bedford Middle School Instructional assistant July 19, 2021
  • Bridget Craig – Shawswick Elementary Instructional assistant July 30, 2021
  • Marinta Fluharty – Bedford Middle School instructional assistant effective July 7, 2021
  • Julia Godsey – ED instructional assistant effective July 23, 2021
  • Lessa Hall – NLCS Food service cook effective July 19, 2021
  • Laura Jenkins – Special Education Instructional assistant effective July 12, 2021
  • Marla Kirkman – Needmore instructional assistant effective July 15, 2021
  • Kaileigh McMillian – Oolitic instructional assistant effective July 15, 2021
  • Heather Machida – Instructional assistant July 1, 2021
  • Judith Montgomery – Parkview adminstrative assistant effective July 16, 2021
  • Ken Moreland – BNL special education instructional assistant effective July 1, 2021
  • Norma Salazar – NLCS food service cook effective June 25, 2021
  • Alecia Simmerman – NLCS food service cook effective July 18, 2021
  • Francisca Yeskie – NLCS custodian effective July 14, 2021

Retirements:

  • Lisa Brinkworth – retiring as Lincoln Elementary Instructional assistant effective July 12, 2021 after 16 years of service.

The school board also acknowledged the passing of two long-time North Community School employees Kimberly D. Hostetter who was a music teacher at Bedford Middle School and Heltonville Elementary School. She passed away in July 1. Donnie J. Lambrecht passed away July 12, 2021, who coached track at Bedford North Lawrence High School for 34 years.