Northgate High School Assistant Principal Dr. Jan Franks was named as the new principal of Arnall Middle School by the Coweta County Board of Education on Tuesday.

The Board met in called session at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the 237 Jackson Street Board of Education office for the personnel decision, which was made on recommendation of Superintendent Blake Bass.

Franks will begin her new post after the end of this school year, and will officially become an Arnall Knight on July 1. She replaces Arnall Principal Rick Waggoner, who was named as the new principal of East Coweta High School by the Board last month. Waggoner will begin his new position starting July 1, as well.

Franks is a 21–year educator, who has served as a Northgate assistant principal since 2001. She earned her B.A. in Early Childhood Education at Mercer University in 1987, and earned Masters Degrees in Early Childhood Education and Education Leadership Education at the State University of West Georgia in 1998. Franks earned her Education Specialist and Doctorate degrees from Argosy University in 2005 and 2007, respectively.

Franks began her teaching career in Clayton County in 1987, where she worked for seven years. She came to Coweta County Schools in 1994 as a teacher at Canongate Elementary School, and then was named an assistant Principal at Northgate High School in 2001.

The Board’s decision fills the last Coweta County school principal position open for the next school year, although a number of open assistant principal principals positions remain.

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