Hamilton County Superintendent Rick Smith is seen in this file photo.Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Rick Smith announced on Monday reassignments and appointments for several principals. In the announcement, Smith said:
- Gail Chuy, current principal at Red Bank High School, will become principal at East Hamilton Middle /High School. Chuy has worked in the school system since 2005 and will replace Principal Pam Dantzler, who is retiring.
- Justin Robertson, current principal at Brown Middle School, will become principal at Red Bank High School. Previously a school administrator in Memphis, Robertson has worked in the school system since 2008.
- Jane Reynolds, current assistant principal at Brown Middle, will become principal there. She has been in the school system since 1990.
- Uras Agee, current principal at Columbia High School in Dekalb County, Ga., will become principal at Brainerd High School. Agee is a former Hamilton County Schools employee (1995-2002), and was also a student-athlete at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
It is unclear where Brainerd Principal Charles Joynes will be assigned next year.
- Christian Earl, currently an assistant principal in South Carolina, will become principal at Dalewood Middle School. Earl is a former Hamilton County Schools employee (2001-2008), and was also a UTC student-athlete.
- LeAngela Rogers, current assistant principal at Hunter Middle School, will become principal at Hixson Middle School. She has worked in the school system since 2002.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
- Sandra Barnwell, current principal at Hixson Middle School, will become principal at Snow Hill Elementary next year. She has been with the school system since 1988.
-Janice Scott, current principal at Snow Hill Elementary School, will become principal at DuPont Elementary. She has worked in Hamilton County Schools since 1980 and will replace Anita Coleman, who is retiring.
- Sharon Dodds, current assistant principal at Smith Elementary, will become principal there. She has worked in the school system since1983 and will replace Billie Jenno, who is retiring.
- Debra Anderson, current assistant principal at McConnell Elementary, will become principal there. She has worked in Hamilton County Schools since 2004 and will replace Joy Black, who is retiring.
- Randall Bell, current assistant principal at Hixson Elementary School, will become principal at Alpine Crest Elementary School. Bell is replacing Karen Day, who is retiring.
- Cheri Grant, current assistant principal at Red Bank Elementary School, will become principal at Woodmore Elementary School.
- Penny Leffew, current principal at North Hamilton County Elementary School, will become principal at Wolftever Creek Elementary School. Leffew is replacing Lee Ann Mills, who is retiring.