New principal named at Oak Ridge Preschool, administrative assistants at Linden, Glenwood

Posted at 5:25 pm July 6, 2016
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Lisa Downard

Lisa Downard

Oak Ridge Schools have announced a new principal at the Preschool and new administrative assistants at Linden and Glenwood elementary schools.

Lisa Downard will be the new principal of Oak Ridge Schools Preschool. Downard has a bachelor’s degree in special education and a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. She earned her Ed.S. in instructional leadership from Lincoln Memorial University in 2014, a press release said. Downard was the assistant principal at Linden Elementary School for six years.

Heather Jenkins has been selected to become the new administrative assistant at Linden Elementary School. Jenkins has a bachelor’s degree from Tennessee Tech in elementary education and an master’s degree from Tennessee Tech in instructional leadership. Jenkins has taught at Linden for 11 years.

Amelia Bell has been selected to become the administrative assistantÂ at Glenwood Elementary School. Bell has served as an elementary school library media specialist for 21 years, and she has been working at Glenwood since 2004. She will complete her Ed.S. in instructional leadership from Lincoln Memorial University in July 2016.

Heather Jenkins

Heather Jenkins

Amelia Bell

Amelia Bell

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