School administration moves
were less than some expected
By Marybeth Bianchi
Feature Editor
There was little shuffling done in
the first phase of Brunswick County
schools’ reorganization which had
kept the rumor mill busy for several
weeks.
"I think a lot of people were ex
pecting a lot more," superintendent
Ralph Johnston said when the spe
cial meeting concluded last Wednes
day.
The administration at Southport
Elementary and South Brunswick
High schools will stay the same,
with Latty Stanley and Sue Sellers
continuing as principals. Phil Tate
will serve as Stanley’s assistant
principal. Gene Bowden and Wil
liam Hargrove will continue as as
sistants at South Brunswick High.
South Brunswick Middle School
will have a new principal, Dr.
Richard Lawson, currently assistant
principal at Griffin Middle School in
High Point. Tom Simmons will con
tinue as assistant superintendent.
Another new addition is Dr.
Patricia Carney of Fairfax County,
Va., as principal at Lincoln Primary
School, replacing Joe Butler, who
was named director of migrant edu
cation and parent involvement. Dean
Peterson of Leland was named prin
cipal at Waccamaw Elementary
School, replacing William
Shoemaker, who was put in charge
of testing and accountability with
Jean ParLer, currently the county
schools testing coordinator.
Sandra Robinson, who had been
assistant principal at West Bruns
wick High School, will replace
Mark Owens as principal at Shal
lotte Middle School, whom the su
perintendent said is expected to
retire this school year. That move
leaves West Brunswick with a
vacant assistant principal’s position
that was left unfilled after last
week’s meeting.
7 think a lot of
people were expect
ing a lot more.’
Ralph Johnston
All of the other school administra
tive positions were kept the same:
•North Brunswick High School --
Bob Harris, principal, and Ron
Jenkins, assistant
•Leland Middle School - Diana
Mintz, principal, and Doyle Brinson,
assistant.
•Bolivia Elementary School —
David Corley, principal, and Wanda
Frazier, assistant.
•Supply Elementary School -
Carolyn Williams, principal, and
Cliff Jones, assistant.
•West Brunswick High School -
Ed Lemon, principal, and Jerry
Small, assistant.
•Union Elementary School ~ Zel
phia Grissett, principal, and Harry
Martin, assistant.
•Waccamaw Elementary School
- Terry Chestnut, assistant princi
pal.
•Shallotte Middle — Bill Detrie,
assistant principal.
•Lincoln Primary - Faye Nelson,
assistant principal.
In the central office, the super
intendent kept Bob Rhyne as middle
school supervisor, Christine Hall as
elementary school supervisor and
James McAdams as secondary
school supervisor. Nelson Best will
remain as athletic director.
Community schools coordinator
Freeman Gause was named one of
three attendance counselors. He will
serve the western section of the
county. Also, Anne Mitchell was
named dropout prevention
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The principals which have been
working on an interim basis will be
given probationary contracts, the su
perintendent explained after the
meeting, but he plans to see if state
law will allow their time as interims
to be considered as time earned
toward tenure. After three proba
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"We deliberated long and hard,”
the superintendent said about the
changes, but he admitted that with
so many other tasks facing him dur
ing his first seven months he had
little time to evaluate the principals
and he thought it unfair to shift ad
ministrators based on their students’
achievements.
Because the principals have begun
to implement plans and are being a
consensus among their teachers,
Johnston said he felt it was better to
keep them where they are. However,
the superintendent said he is plan
ning training and development ses
sions to help the school ad
ministrators move forward on
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"The principals that have been sit
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superintendent said. "What this does
is leave an opportunity for those
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"We feel this is a good move," he
said. ”1 think it’s fair."
The school system is advertising
for the assistant principal’s position
at West Brunswick and the assistani
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left open with Mose Lewis’ retire
ment. Also to be filled are two new
attendance counselor’s positions foi
the southern and northern sections
of the county.
Among other changes still being
considered is basing supervisors in
the three school districts rather than
keeping them based in the central
office, Johnston said.
The board of education has sched
uled anolhei meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday (today) at the central of
fice to further discuss personnel
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