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The Covington County Board of Education announced two possible dates for its teacher institute and approved 10 personnel matters during a special called meeting on Thursday, June 20.

Superintendent Shannon Driver announced all teachers within the system would meet for an institute at the central office on Monday, August 5 or Tuesday, August 6. The first day of school for students is Monday, August 12.

“Our teacher institute day should be finalized next week. This gets us almost done with personnel, but we are not quite ready. We will leave the next meeting date as tentative at this point. We try not to meet during the first week of July, but I will let you know when we can get to those last few personnel items and a couple of other things we need to address. Tentatively, that should be about a week to 10 days,” Driver said.

The board approved the following personnel matters:

Resignation

• Joshua S. Shaffer as secondary science teacher at Pleasant Home School effective immediately
• Kenneth Merrill as maintenance worker at the central office, effective June 30
• Morgan L. Mabry as band director at Red Level High School, effective immediately

Transfer

• Katie A. Smith from custodian at Pleasant Home School to bus driver at Pleasant Home School effective at the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year
• Jason Farris from bus driver at Straughn High School to bus driver at Fleeta Junior High School effective at the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year

Employment

• Patsy K. Carroll as custodian at Pleasant Home School with start date to be determined, pending verification of new or existing background reviews
• Theodore Cox as bus driver at Straughn High School effective at the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year, pending verification of new or existing background reviews
• Kevin A. Lunsford as band director at Florala High School effective at the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year, pending verification of new or existing background reviews
• David Bass as general social science teacher at Florala High School effective at the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year, pending verification of new or existing background reviews
• Johnathon Golden as bus mechanic with Covington County Schools with effective date to be determined, pending verification of new or existing background reviews

The board did not set a date for the next meeting.