School district hires two new principals

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“This beautiful site marks northern into Portland’s outer harbor — constructed … by U.S. Army Corps Engineers in 1905,” wrote Michael Gamburg.

Scott Thomas took this photo in Tucker in July 2019 of what he called “the most uncooperative butterfly.”

City Schools of Decatur announced the hiring of Dr. Kimberly Watson as the new principal at Westchester Elementary and Dr. Holly Brookins to head up Glennwood Elementary.

They replace Rochelle Lofstrand and Kristy Bream respectively. Lofstrand is the new Decatur High principal, and Beam is now CSD’s new Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction.

Watson is moving from Chicago where she’s currently head of the middle school campus at the Ogden International School of Chicago. Her career covers the spectrum from teaching assistant right through to teacher and administrator at the elementary, middle and high school levels. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Policy, Organization and Leadership from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Brookins has been an educator for more than 20 years in South Carolina, Fulton County and Atlanta Public Schools. With a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Mercer University Brookins most recently was the program administrator at the Morningside Elementary Kindergarten Center.

CSD has one major staff opening remaining in Executive Director of Operations. Executive Director of Schools Dr. Maggie Fehrman said this week four candidates have been selected for interviews from 42 candidates and anticipates a final decision coming later this month.

The position was previously held by Noel Maloof, who left in late March to become deputy chief operations officer in DeKalb County.

Marsha McOsker of Tucker shared this photo of her “girls,” Roxie and Gracie. They are Boston Terrier/Shih Tzu mixes. “They love everybody and each other, but when they get bored, they howl like wolves!” she wrote. “I had not just given them something to eat, but they just decided to stick their tongues out at me.”

PAMELA MILLER

Keith Nash of Decatur took this photo of MontSaint-Michel in Normandy, northern France. “It is a breathtaking edifice,” he wrote.

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