2025-2026 Classified Employees of the Year
Each year, the Cobb County School District honors the top men and women in our critical support roles. All of the school and department level honorees (see list below) are invited to the celebratory luncheon and every one is congratulated on-stage by the Superintendent and Board of Education Members.
Level winners are selected from a list of more than 120 CCSD employees who were each nominated by their peers for exhibiting an exemplary work ethic and a dedication to the District’s direction and goals.
Elementary School Level Classified Employee of the Year | Middle School Level Classified Employee of the Year |
|---|---|
Ashley Talton | Shawn Hall |
Compton Elementary School | Awtrey Middle School |
High School Level Classified Employee of the Year | Central Office Classified Employee of the Year |
|---|---|
Adonica Bailey | Tracy Brock |
Cobb Horizon High School | Academic Division |
Congratulation to the 2025-2026
Individual Classified Employees of the Year!
| Location | Honoree |
|---|---|
| Acworth Elementary School | Jasmina Grbic |
| Addison Elementary School | Kate Daniell |
| Allatoona High School | Hillary Cook |
| Argyle Elementary School | Noel A. Deras |
| Aspire | Darlene M. Phillips |
| Austell Elementary School | LaTosha Smithers-Hall |
| Awtrey Middle School | Shawn Hall |
| Baker Elementary School | Faith O'Hara-Rosa |
| Barber Middle School | Melissa Miranda |
| Bells Ferry Elementary School | Rosalyn Figueroa |
| Belmont Hills Elementary School | Ralph A. Kendrick |
| Betty Gray Middle School | Robbin Barnes |
| Big Shanty Elementary School | Carin Geraci |
| Birney Elementary School | Guillermina Medina Guzman |
| Blackwell Elementary School | Iris Aguilar |
| Brumby Elementary School | Porscha Patrice Kincaid |
| Bryant Elementary School | Sarah Wise |
| Bullard Elementary School | Rhonda Tavalez |
| Campbell High School | Tessa Drohan |
| Campbell Middle School | Judy Weems |
| Chalker Elementary School | Erin Kyle |
| Cheatham Hill Elementary School | Karina Reynolds |
| City View Elementary School | Celerino Salvador-Hernandez |
| Clarkdale Elementary School | Rebecca Janecek |
| Clay Harmony Leland Elementary School | Patrice Byrd |
| Cobb Horizon High School | Adonica Bailey |
| Cobb Innovation & Technology Academy (CITA) | Victoria Roach |
| Compton Elementary School | Ashley Talton |
| Cooper Middle School | Jean Alabre |
| Daniell Middle School | Shannon Thompson |
| Davis Elementary School | Jenni Cockrell |
| Dickerson Middle School | Vanessa Moulthrop |
| Dodgen Middle School | Christine Bishop-Fink |
| Dowell Elementary School | Malory Evans |
| Due West Elementary School | Jessica Chapman |
| Durham Middle School | Gary Cole |
| East Cobb Middle School | Noemiz Perez |
| East Side Elementary School | Lane Holt |
| Eastvalley Elementary School | Rebecca Dumbleton |
| Fair Oaks Elementary School | Kim Van Antwerp |
| Floyd Middle School | Cristal D Franklin |
| Ford Elementary School | Leighann Buford |
| Frey Elementary School | Caroline Autry |
| Garrett Middle School | Pamela Walker |
| Garrison Mill Elementary School | Melissa Howell |
| Green Acres Elementary School | Erika Guzman-Orizaba |
| Griffin Middle School | Maria Galvez-Munoz |
| Harrison High School | Audra Skalski |
| Hayes Elementary School | Jamie Oliveros |
| Hendricks Elementary School | Nicole Bass |
| Hightower Trail Middle School | Stacy Gibbs |
| Hillgrove High School | Cynthia Rhodes |
| Hollydale Elementary School | Diana Townsend-Williams |
| Keheley Elementary School | Jeannie Schuetze |
| Kell High School | John Douglass |
| Kemp Elementary School | Margo Higdon |
| Kennesaw Elementary School | Arige Atalla |
| Kennesaw Mountain High School | Laverne T. Robertson |
| Kincaid Elementary School | McKenzie Sanders |
| King Springs Elementary School | Joseph Peart |
| LaBelle Elementary School | Beatriz V. Alvarado |
| Lassiter High School | Shannon Frank |
| Lewis Elementary School | Rebecca Fowler |
| Lindley Middle School | Belinda J. Brown |
| Lost Mountain Middle School | Leigh Simmons |
| Lovinggood Middle School | Monica K. Gaulden |
| Mableton Elementary School | Christine Chastagnac-Hilliard |
| Mabry Middle School | Andrea Cofield |
| McCall Elementary School | Freddie Colson Jr |
| McCleskey Middle School | Barbara Purdy |
| McClure Middle School | Dana Nooney |
| McEachern High School | June Rainwater |
| Milford Elementary School | Alejandra Constantino |
| Mount Bethel Elementary School | Megan McHale |
| Mountain View Elementary School | Gail Arkenberg |
| Murdock Elementary School | Vincent Martin |
| Nicholson Elementary School | Kathy Breen |
| Nickajack Elementary School | Wanda L. Springer |
| North Cobb High School | Tammy Adams |
| Norton Park Elementary School | Sianda I. Ruiz |
| Osborne High School | Shanay Brown |
| Palmer Middle School | Heather Simmons |
| Pearson Middle School | Yolanda Ruiz |
| Pebblebrook High School | Sylvia Alford |
| Pickett's Mill Elementary School | Janine Stempfel |
| Pine Mountain Middle School | Lucia Autry |
| Pitner Elementary School | Michele Secrest Deutchman |
| Pope High School | Susan Sawyer |
| Powder Springs Elementary School | Annette Pruett |
| Powers Ferry Elementary School | Jennifer Letzer |
| Riverside Elementary School | Shelia McCaskill |
| Rocky Mount Elementary School | Mary Munns |
| Russell Elementary School | Edward D. Kelley |
| Sanders Elementary School | Dea Works |
| Sedalia Park Elementary School | Seemi Jamshad |
| Shallowford Falls Elementary School | Carmen Mac Donald |
| Simpson Middle School | Zella Oliver |
| Smitha Middle School | Aimee Boothe |
| Smyrna Elementary School | Sheri Koenig |
| Sope Creek Elementary School | Jeffery Groce |
| South Cobb Early Learning Center | Andrea Manning |
| South Cobb High School | Timothy Mckeehan |
| Sprayberry High School | Odalys Iglesias |
| Still Elementary School | Katie Moore |
| Tapp Middle School | Laura Shyman |
| Teasley Elementary School | Teresa Wilcox |
| Timber Ridge Elementary School | Theresa Butcher |
| Tritt Elementary School | Wendy Corcoran |
| Varner Elementary School | Sandra Garcia |
| Vaughan Elementary School | Bernard Jean |
| Walton High School | Sandra Guevara Medina |
| Wheeler High School | Karina Mejias-Ortiz |
| Academic Division | Tracy Brock |
| Adult Education | Stacey Yvonne Tolliver |
| Chief of Staff Division | Nate Bowers |
| Financial Services Division | Lisa Meslo |
| Fleet Maintenance Department | Matthew Mize |
| Food and Nutrition Services | Julie Sharp |
| Human Resources | Traci Edwards |
| Maintenance Department | Shane A. Gaa |
| Operations Division | Wendy Bell |
| Public Safety Department | Thomas Lehner |
| Strategy and Accountability Division | Meg Adams |
| Technology Services | Michael Townsend |
| Transportation Department | Kathryn Goodsell |
| Transportation Department | Adam Haney |
