Residents wanting

quick answers about school issues have a new source to call.

Dean Jackson,

business editor for the Times Herald, will join the Coweta School System

as director of public information with a $70,000 annual salary. Jackson

is a Newnan High School graduate and long-time employee of the Times Herald.

Jackson joins

the school system July 2 and will be the first full-time public information

officer in the School System's history.

In addition

to dealing with media requests, Jackson also plans to work closer with

the county's business community to forge tighter bonds with the school

system.

Jackson replaces

Andy Denny, who served in the position for a number of years.

In other personnel

matters;

Arnco-Sargent

Elementary School Principal Chris Jennings has been named assistant superintendent

for operations, a position unfilled during the 2000-2001 school year,

and formerly held by Doug Bennett. Jennings will supervise activities

in school construction, maintenance, transportation and school food services.

Karen Barker,

instructional lead teacher at Poplar Road Elementary School, will replace

Jennings as principal at Arnco-Sargent.

Walter Drake,

assistant principal at Newnan High School, will be assistant principal

and athletic director at East Coweta High.

Deborah Ford,

assistant principal at Arnall Middle, will be assistant principal at Northgate

High.

Scott Floyd,

a teacher at Arnall Middle, will be assistant principal at Newnan High.

Jan Franks,

a teacher at Canongate Elementary, will be assistant principal at Northgate

High.

William Harrison,

a teacher at Newnan High, will be assistant principal at Northgate High.

LaWanda Smith,

instructional lead teacher at Moreland Elementary, will be assistant principal

at Arnall Middle.

Rick Waggoner,

a newcomer to Coweta, will be assistant principal at Madras Middle. Waggoner

is currently a superintendent in South Point, Ohio, where he has also

served as teacher, principal and assistant superintendent.