Mr. James Snell, III

Jim Snell graduated from Georgia Southern University in 1979 and began his teaching career at Sylvania Elementary School in Screven County. He earned his Education Specialist Degree in School Administration from Georgia Southern in 1988. Mr. Snell served as principal of Adrian Elementary School and Swainsboro Middle School in Emanuel County from 1986 to 1990. He moved to Cobb County with his family in 1990 and has served as principal at both Hollydale Elementary School and Floyd Middle School. He was appointed to serve as principal at Dodgen Middle School in 2001. He and his wife Diane have been married for twenty-five years. They have a son, Samuel, who is in college. The Snell family attends Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church. Mr. Snell has stated that he is particularly excited to be serving as principal at Dodgen since he and his family are already so much a part of the East Cobb community.