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Hathcock to move to DHS principal spot on interim basis

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Blaine Hathcock (left) receives a check from Windham Motor Company's Tyler Windham. Chris Tangle (right) tendered his resignation effective Dec. 31. Hathcock will move from his post as principal of Demopolis Middle School to the interim DHS principal position.
Blaine Hathcock (left) receives a check from Windham Motor Company’s Tyler Windham. Chris Tangle (right) tendered his resignation effective Dec. 31. Hathcock will move from his post as principal of Demopolis Middle School to the interim DHS principal position.

A personnel shuffle took place Monday morning at a called meeting of the Demopolis City Board of Education.

Triggering the shift in administrators was the resignation of Chris Tangle as Demopolis High School principal effective Dec. 31. Supt. Kyle Kallhoff stressed the interim positions will be for no longer than six months.

Demopolis Middle School principal Blaine Hathcock will serve as interim principal at DHS. DMS assistant principal Rollie McCall will assume the interim principal post.

Tracy Stewart, now a teacher at U.S. Jones Elementary School, will transfer to DMS as interim assistant principal.

The board then agreed to advertise for a DHS principal position and DHS head football coach position with the resignation of Stacy Luker.

Other positions being advertised include a Child Nutrition Program worker and an elementary school teacher to fill Stewart’s post at WES.

Further personnel action included hiring Andrea Turberville as a substitute teacher; granting a medical leave of absence to Constance Cleveland; approving maternity leave for Cierica James, CNP worker at WES, and the resignation of Herbert Rice as the Boys Soccer coach and hiring Brad Daniels, DMS teacher to fill the position.

In other action, the board approved hiring Sara B. Odom of Vann-Ray LLC to evaluate the 21st Century grant program at WES, U.S. Jones Elementary and DMS. The cost of evaluating the Community Learning Centers at the schools annually is covered through the 21st Century grant.

Also approved was a data management contract with SchoolStatus of Hattiesburg, Miss. The two-year contract will cost $11,800 annually and will be paid for with federal funds.

Kallhoff said SchoolStatus will pull data from a variety of sources to generate immediate reports on the school system and its students when needed.

He applauded the DMS broadcasting team for taking first place at the Alabama School Board Association meeting for a video they produced. The middle school beat out all the high schools who submitted videos and came home with $1,500 for the broadcasting program.

The board set its next regular meeting for Jan. 23, 2017.