The
Coweta
County
Board of
Education
approved
two new
principal
positions
for the
2007-08
school
year, at
a called
meeting
on
Wednesday,
April
25, upon
the
recommendations
of
Superintendent
Blake
Bass.
Vince
Bass was
named
the new
principal
of Evans
Middle
School,
beginning
in July,
2007.
Bass –
who is
currently
the
principal
of
Atkinson
Elementary
School –
will
replace
Dr.
Walter
Drake,
who was
earlier
named
the
school
system’s
Coordinator
of
Facilities.
Bass is
a
17-year
educator.
He
started
his
teaching
career
at
Northside
and
Atkinson
elementary
schools
teaching
physical
education,
and
coaching
several
sports
at
Newnan
High
School,
including
football,
basketball
and
soccer.
In 1996
he was
named
assistant
principal
at Evans
Middle
School,
and then
assistant
principal
and
athletic
director
at
Northgate
High
School.
In 2000
Bass
became
the
principal
of
Madras
Middle
School,
where he
served
until he
became
principal
of
Atkinson
in 2002.
Bass
earned
his
Bachelor’s
degree
in
education
at the
University
of
Alabama,
his
Master’s
degree
at the
University
of
Southern
Mississippi,
his
Masters
in
Educational
Leadership
from the
State
University
of West
Georgia,
and his
Specialist
degree
in
Leadership
from
Samford
University.
The
Board
also
named
Vern
Mamon as
the new
principal
of the
Coweta
County
Night
High
School
at the
Central
Educational
Center.
Superintendent
Blake
Bass
said
that
Mamon’s
position
is going
to have
a number
of
expanded
responsibilities.
As
principal,
Mamon
will be
responsible
for the
CEC/Coweta
County
Night
High
School,
the
school
system’s
Summer
School
program
(also
based at
CEC) and
the
Performance
Learning
Center
(PLC,
also
based at
CEC).
In
addition
to those
duties,
Mamon
will be
responsible
for
creating
a
technology
magnet
school
for
8th-graders
at CEC.
The
Central
Educational
Center
is a
charter
school,
meaning
that it
is a
public
school
whose
curriculum
and
structure
is
governed
by a
5-year
renewable
charter
which
defines
the
school’s
academic
goals,
curriculum,
governance
and
standards.
CEC
serves
students
from all
three of
Coweta
County’s
high
schools.
But
“CEC’s
charter
also
includes
a
component
for 8th
graders,”
said
Superintendent
Bass,
and
Mamon is
charged
with
establishing
that
program
for the
2008-09
school
year.
“One of
the
telling
facts
about
CEC is
that
high
school
students
who take
classes
there
often
don’t
want to
leave
once
they’ve
started
there.
It is a
very
successful
school,
and we
believe
that a
voluntary
middle
grades
magnet
program
for 8th
graders
would be
successful,
too,”
said
Bass.
“Mr.
Mamon
will be
working
with
parents
and
students
and CEC
staff
next
year on
establishing
that
program.”
Mamon –
who is
currently
an
assistant
principal
at
Newnan
High
School –
began
working
in
schools
after
service
in the
U.S.
Army (he
served
17 years
combined
on
active
duty and
in the
U.S.
Army
reserves).
A
25–year
educator,
Mamon is
a native
of
northern
Louisiana.
He
taught
in New
Orleans
public
schools
(physical
education,
grades
K-8),
and then
in the
Milwaukee
public
schools
(social
studies,
grades
9-12).
He also
taught
at a
technical
and
trade
school
in
Milwaukee
public
schools
and
later
served
as an
assistant
principal.
Mamon
came to
Coweta
County
in 1999
as an
assistant
principal
at
Newnan
High
School.
He
earned
his
Bachelor’s
degree
in
education
at
Grambling
State
University,
his
Masters
in
education
at the
University
of
Wisconsin,
and his
Leadership
Certification
and
Educational
Specialist
degrees
from
Troy
State
University.
The
administrative
positions
were
filled
with
current
Coweta
County
School
System
employees,
and the
system
has
begun a
search
to fill
the
vacated
positions.
The
school
system
is
currently
conducting
a search
for a
new
principal
at Ruth
Hill
Elementary
School,
to
replace
retiring
principal
Betty
Smith,
as well
as
Atkinson
Elementary
School.