By PAT NEWMAN
Staff Writer

Nearly 20 principal transfers, promotions and job titles were recommended to the Fayette County Board of Education Monday night by superintendent Dr. John DeCotis, and approved unanimously by the five-member board.

“The intent of the proposal is to make adjustments in our organizational structure based on recent resignations, current job responsibilities of employees and system-wide needs,” DeCotis said.

The following changes were made:

• Move Fred Oliver from executive director of operations to assistant superintendent.

• Change Jerry Whitaker's title from coordinator of vocational education and grants to coordinator of vocational education, land acquisition and facility planning.

• Move Dr. Debra Crockett from the exceptional children department to the pupil services department.

• Promote Sam Sweat from vice principal to principal of Starr's Mill High School.

• Promote Barbara Bakelaar from vice principal to principal of Rising Starr Middle School to principal of Rising Starr Middle School.

• Replace Dr. Dennis Chamberlain (who is now superintendent of Lamar County Schools) with an assistant principal at Starr's Mill High School.

• Move Juliette Babb as principal of Fayette Middle School to the central office as school improvement and grants assistant.

• Replace the coordinator of purchasing with a purchasing agent. Raise Gerline Evans and Terri Gerhardt to purchasing agents, raising their pay grade.

• Move Eddie Pollard, principal of Flat Rock Middle School, to principal of Tyrone Elementary School.

• Move Dr. Mary Perry from principal of Tyrone Elementary School to principal of Fayette Evening High School.

• Open up the principal's slot at Flat Rock Middle School.

• Move the department of human resources to report directly to Fred Oliver.

• Move the directors of elementary and secondary operations to report directly to the superintendent with indirect reporting to Fred Oliver and Stuart Benett.

• Move Kathy Smith from superintendent's clerk to secretary to Annie Masters, who is executive secretary to the superintendent.

• Move Lisa Fitzgerald, Chamberlain's secretary, to work for the community school to schedule the facilities for internal and external purposes at the south complex.

• Change Mike Satterfield's title from acting director of facilities services to director of facilities services.

• Change Karen Spangler's title to social worker.

• Have principals evaluated by the superintendent and assistants instead of the director of operations.