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Fayette names new school principals

Fayette County and McIntosh high schools will have new principals next school year. Courtesy FCBOE
Fayette County and McIntosh high schools will have new principals next school year. Courtesy FCBOE
By Jill HowardChurch
June 3, 2018

Several Fayette County schools will have new principals and/or assistant principals following a special called meeting of the Board of Education on May 31.

  • Julie Turner, principal at Kedron Elementary, was named as the county's assistant superintendent of student achievement after Terry Oatts resigned to become superintendent of Rockdale County Public Schools.
  • Dan Lane, principal at Fayette County High, will replace McIntosh High School's retiring principal, Lisa Fine.
  • Yolanda Briggs-Johnson, currently an assistant principal at Whitewater High, will become principal at Fayette County High; joining her there as an assistant principal will be Mark Henderson, the school system's former mathematics coordinator.
  • Brandi Johnson, an assistant principal at Fayette County, will become an assistant principal at Whitewater.

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