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The Tift County Board of Education held a special called meeting today to fill three administrative vacancies for the 2023 - 2024 school year. Superintendent Adam Hathaway made the following recommendations which were unanimously approved by the board:


Randy Sellars has been named as the principal at Charles Spencer Elementary. Mr. Sellars has been with Tift County since 2008 when he began as a math teacher at Tift County High School. He is currently the Assistant Principal at Northside Elementary where he has served in that position since 2018. 



Patti Dean has been named as the principal at Matt Wilson Elementary. Mrs. Dean started in Tift County in 2003 as a teacher at Northside Elementary then transferred the following year to Annie Belle Clark Elementary where she taught until she was named as an Assistant Principal since 2018.



Tim Hatton has been named as the Director at Sixth Street Academy. Mr. Hatton comes to Tift County from Lowndes County where he has served in roles including Teacher, Graduation Coach, Alternative School  Director, and most recently Assistant Principal at Westside Elementary. 

Please join us in congratulating these staff members on their appointments to these positions and in welcoming Mr. Hatton to the Blue Devil Family! 

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