FULTON COUNTY
Reiter steps down in Sandy Springs
Noah Reiter, assistant city manager for Sandy Springs, has announced his resignation effective Oct. 5.
Originally hired in 2008 to launch the city’s 911 center, Reiter also successfully structured a contract for ambulance services with Rural/Metro in his first year on the job.
He now oversees the city’s service contracts for information services, the Municipal Court and the nonemergency call center, and serves as acting city manager in the city manager’s absence.
Reiter said he will be relocating to the northeast to be closer to family.
PATRICK FOX
DEKALB COUNTY
Schools chief building her senior team
New DeKalb County School Superintendent Cheryl L.H. Atkinson wasted little time putting her senior level staff together.
Kathleen Howe, who had previously worked in the Kansas City Public School System, was named deputy superintendent for curriculum and instruction;
Kendra D. March, a doctoral candidate at UNC-Charlotte and principal of Westerly Hills Academy, was named deputy superintendent of school leadership and operational support.
Gary Brantley, who served as chief information officer for the Lorain City Schools for four years, will assume that role in DeKalb.
Walter Woods, a vice president in the corporate division of Cohn & Wolfe public relations, has been named the district’s executive director of communications.
The people who previously held the positions are all under contract and have been reassigned throughout the district. Atkinson said more changes are coming.
“We will continue to make the changes necessary to ensure student success throughout the district,” Atkinson said.
ERNIE SUGGS
ATLANTA
30,000 pounds of food given to hunger charity
The fight against hunger got a major push recently with a huge food donation to the Atlanta Community Food Bank.
Tyson Foods donated more than 30,000 pounds of food.
The food will then distributed to the nonprofit’s partner agencies in 38 counties in metro Atlanta and North Georgia.
The Atlanta Community Food Bank distributed nearly 34 million pounds of food and grocery products in fiscal 2010-11, up from nearly 26 million pounds the previous fiscal year. The donation was made in honor of Feeding America’s Hunger Action Month.
SHELIA POOLE
GWINNETT COUNTY
County school board appoints two principals
The Gwinnett County school board recently approved the appointment of two principals. Michael DiFilippo, assistant principal of Pharr Elementary, will take over as principal of Dyer Elementary Oct. 1 upon the retirement of principal Donna Torbush.
He has a master’s degree in middle school math and science, and a specialist’s degree in educational leadership.
Tommy Welch, interim principal of Meadowcreek High, will continue as principal.
Welch is a graduate of Gwinnett’s 2009 Quality-Plus Leader Academy and is pursuing his doctorate in educational leadership.
D. Aileen Dodd
