The Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education approved the following personnel recommendations at its Thursday, March 22 meeting. The changes are as follows:
Leave of Absence
Tashan Streety, 6-hour lunchroom worker at WS Neal Elementary School, leave of absence, effective March 5, 2018 through July 5, 2018; Vicky Williams, 7-hour lunchroom worker at Escambia County Middle School, leave of absence, effective February 26, 2018 through March 31, 2018, tentatively
Resignations
Patrick Kyles, 4-hour custodian at Rachel Patterson Elementary School, effective February 22, 2018; Floyd Seale, bus driver at Atmore Bus Shop, effective March 7, 2018; Ellen Ates, 7-hour custodian at Escambia County Middle School, effective March 20, 2018
Retirements
Robert K. Rittenhouse, teacher at WS Neal High School, effective May 31, 2018
Transfers
Thomas McCall, bus driver at Brewton Bus Shop, to bus driver at Atmore Bus Shop, effective March 8, 2018 (Replacing Floyd Seale) ; Sandra Reid, elementary supervisor at Atmore Central Office, to Human Resources Supervisor at Brewton Central Office, effective April 2, 2018 (Replacing Mona Simmons)
Employment
April Monk, bus driver at Brewton Bus Shop, effective April 2, 2018 (Replacing Thomas McCall)
Employment Change
Keith Lisenby, building construction teacher at Escambia County High School, to carpenter at Atmore Maintenance Department, effective July 2, 2018 (Changing contract days from Career Tech teacher 202-day contract to a Maintenance Worker 240-day contract per the salary schedule); Kelli Steele, library media specialist at Rachel Patterson Elementary School, to teacher at Escambia County Alternative School, effective April 3, 2018
Principal Contracts
Approval to negotiate renewal of Principal Contract for Laura Leigh Rambach, W S Neal Middle School, for a 3-year period, effective July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021; Approval to negotiate renewal of Principal Contract for Eric Andrews, W S Neal Elementary School, for a 3-year period, effective July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021; Approval to negotiate renewal of Principal Contract for James Dennis Fuqua, Escambia County High School, for a 3-year period, effective July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021
