The new assistant

principals approved by the board begin their positions July 1.

The announcements

include:

Neal Sessions,

eighth-grade teacher at Madras Middle School, will become assistant principal

at East Coweta High School.

Melissa Wimbish,

fifth-grade teacher at Ruth Hill Elementary School will become assistant

principal at O.P. Evans Middle School. Wimbish takes the position at Evans

offered originally to Elnora Battle, assistant principal of Elm Street

Elementary School. Battle declined the offer in order to return to the

classroom.

Also, Dillia

Smith, third-grade teacher at White Oak Elementary, will become assistant

principal at Ruth Hill Elementary. Smith's announcement did not appear

on the March 19 announcements for new administrative positions.

All appointment

become effective July 1 for the 2003-04 school year.

There are two

major leadership positions unfilled in the school system, including that

of Director of High School Program at the Central Educational Center,

and Principal of Madras Principal. Interviews for those positions are

ongoing.