A Cobb County, Ga., principal and athletic director will report to new schools next school year — a decision that comes after two basketball coaches lost their jobs, but were later reinstated after a district investigation.
The principal and athletic director of a Georgia high school embroiled in a coach-termination controversy will be working at new schools next year.
A Cobb County, Ga., principal and athletic director will report to new schools next school year — a decision that comes after two basketball coaches lost their jobs, but were later reinstated after a district investigation.
The principal and athletic director of a Georgia high school embroiled in a coach-termination controversy will be working at new schools next year.
As reported by Atlanta ABC affiliate WSB-TV, Campbell High School principal Vanessa Watkins and athletic director James Thigpen have been reassigned, the Cobb County School District confirmed.
Current Wheeler High School principal Paul Gillihan will move to Campbell, located in Smyrna.
Earlier this year, boys' basketball coach James Gwyn and girls' basketball coach Randy McClure were denied new teaching contracts for the upcoming school year.
More than 4,000 people signed a petition calling for the coaches, after whom the school’s gymnasium is named, to be reinstated.
The district launched an investigation and superintendent Chris Ragsdale recommended that Gwyn and McClure get their jobs back.
WSB-TV asked the Cobb County School District if the new assignments were a result of the investigation. A spokesperson responded with the following statement.
“Principal and staff reassignments occur every year as part of the District’s normal operations to align school leadership with the needs of our students and communities.”
