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Decatur High School Principal Moving Up CSD Ladder
Noel Maloof's successor at DHS has already been determined, though Maloof will stay at the school for a 'transition' period.
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Decatur High School’s most recent principal has accepted a promotion within City Schools of Decatur but will stay on to help the high school transition to its new administration.
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Noel Maloof is now CSD’s Chief Operating Officer after he was appointed by outgoing Superintendent Phyllis Edwards on Thursday night. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that some veteran teachers at Decatur High School were unhappy with Maloof but Edwards told the paper that their discontent was not a factor in Maloof’s promotion.
Replacing Maloof at DHS is veteran CSD employee Arlethea Williams; Maloof will remain at the high school for an undetermined amount of time to help Williams and her new administration transition into leadership roles at the school.
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Maloof is replacing Kiawana Kennedy, who was becoming more and more visible and prominent at CSD meetings and functions before leaving for the Griffin-Spalding County school system. Maloof may inherit Kennedy’s added responsibilities, making close to a second-in-command the likes of which hasn’t been seen since Associate Superintendent Thomas Van Soelen resigned in 2013, the AJC says.
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