Andalusia High School marching band will receive a new direction this fall, after the school board in the city appointed Dillon Worley to be the next director of the band.
Worley was most recently the director of the band for Opp High School, previously employed as a band director at Kinston High School. The musician is Covington county native, and an a 2008 graduated from Straughn High School.
The Star-News will include more information regarding Worley along with the marching group on the web and in a forthcoming issue.
Other personnel actions that were approved by the board in the meeting on Thursday. These are:
Resignation
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Selena Brown — fifth grade teacher at AES.
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Monty Russell — physical education paraprofessional at AES.
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Beth Hopkins — Special Education educator in AHS.
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Bennie Shellhouse — administrator Assistant to Superintendent.
retirement
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Craig Cottle — bus shop mechanic.
Status Change
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Amber Campbell — transitioning from third grade to a fifth Grade teacher.
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Vanessa Hernandez — special education teacher in the first grade for fifth-grade special education teachers.
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Dawn Ruth — AES teacher to fifth grade teacher.
NEW JOBS
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Madison McCormick — First grade teacher of special education in AES.
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Jennifer Smith — third grade teacher at AES.
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Dillon Worley — band director at AHS.
Director Dr. Daniel Shakespeare said positions that remain open include a fifth grade teacher, a physical education teacher, paraprofessional at AES as well as a special education teacher at AHS as well as Bus mechanic.
Board members also got student and teacher manual revisions for review. The vote on the changes may be scheduled for the following meeting.
Next BOE session was set for Monday July 10 between 6 and 7 p.m.
The article BOE chooses a new AHS director of the band among recent hirings was first published at The Andalusia Star-News.
