Principal promoted to region chief among 8 leadership moves approved for Muscogee schools

Mark Rice
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Eight employees in the Muscogee County School District have been promoted to fill leadership positions, including a principal who is moving to a region chief post.

During its monthly meeting Monday night, the MCSD board unanimously approved the following recommendations from superintendent David Lewis:

  • Northside High School principal Marty Richburg to east region chief, succeeding Ronald Wiggins, who is retiring.

  • Veterans Memorial Middle School assistant principal LaToya Sanders to Allen Elementary School principal. Sanders succeeds Felecia Thompson, who was transferred to principal of Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School to replace Karprice Bentley-Brown, who will be principal of Brewer Elementary School, which is being converted into an accelerated literacy and numeracy center for K-2 students.

  • Jordan Vocational High School assistant principal Taneshia Ingersoll to Fort Middle School principal. She succeeds Amia Hamilton, who is retiring.

  • Carver High School dean Chastity Boyd to Carver assistant principal. She succeeds Kenneth Hampel, who was transferred to be an assistant principal at Jordan to replace the retiring Rhonda Lloyd.

  • Britt David Magnet Academy fifth-grade teacher Andrea Reese to Double Churches Elementary School assistant principal. She succeeds Lisa Fugh, who is being transferred to be assistant principal at Mathews Elementary School. Lewis didn’t explain in his email to the Ledger-Enquirer whom Fugh is replacing at Mathews and why that person left or is leaving the position.

The Ledger-Enquirer reported last week the three other recommendations. Lewis made for leadership promotion approval at the meeting:

  • Executive director of federal programs and professional development Tim Smith to chief academic officer, succeeding Keith Seifert, who is retiring.

  • Columbus High School dean Wilson Dupre to CHS assistant principal, succeeding Sonya Allen, who was promoted to principal last year, when Marvin Crumbs left MCSD to become principal of Marietta High School and be closer to his adult children in metro Atlanta.

  • Wesley Heights Elementary School academic coach Angel Vines to Lonnie Jackson Academy assistant principal. She succeeds Megan Hallissey, who is “pursuing another opportunity,” Lewis told the L-E.

Based on their resumes attached to the agenda, here is background information about the promoted employees the L-E hasn’t reported:

MCSD east region chief

Richburg has been an educator for 26 years, all in MCSD.

He started as a health and physical education teacher at Hardaway High School (1998-2005), where he was department chairman, softball head coach (Class AAAA fastpitch 2003 state champion) and assistant coach for basketball and baseball.

As an administrator, Richburg has been an assistant principal at Hardaway (2005-10) and principal of Blackmon Road Middle School (2010-14) before becoming Northside High School principal in 2014.

Richburg earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Columbus State University (1998), where he was an NCAA Division II All-American shortstop for the baseball team and was inducted into the CSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009 and CSU College of Education and Health Professions Hall of Fame in 2021. He earned a master’s degree (2002) and a specialist’s degree (2004) in educational leadership from Troy State University.

Allen Elementary School principal

Sanders has been an educator for 17 years, all in MCSD.

She started as a math and social studies teacher at Fort Middle School (2007-12), then a fourth-grade math and English language arts teacher at Reese Road Leadership Academy (2012-13).

As an administrator, Sanders has been an academic coach (2013-14) and dean (2014-15) at Richards Middle School before becoming assistant principal at Richards in 2015.

Sanders earned a bachelor’s degree in public administration from the University of Hawaii West Oahu (2000), a master’s degree in elementary education from the University of Phoenix (2006) and a specialist’s degree in educational leadership from Georgia College & State University (2011).

Fort Middle School principal

Ingersoll has been an educator for 18 years, all in MCSD.

She started as a long-term substitute teacher at Baker Middle School (2006-07), then a school improvement specialist for math at Baker (2009-11).

As an administrator, Ingersoll has been assistant principal at three schools: Eddy Middle School (2011-13), Veterans Memorial Middle School (2013-20) and Jordan Vocational High School (2020-present).

Ingersoll earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Troy University-Fort Benning (1997), a master’s degree (2007) and a specialist’s degree (2010) in middle grades education from Columbus State University and a doctorate in education leadership from Capella University (2016).

Carver High School assistant principal

Boyd has been an educator for 18 years, mostly in MCSD.

After working as a performance support designer at TSYS (2005-06), Boyd was a math teacher in MCSD (2006-13) at an unspecified school, an adjunct math professor at Miller-Motte Technical College in Columbus (October-December 2010), then a high school math teacher (2013-15) and school improvement specialist/math coach (2015-19) in Savannah-Chatham County School District.

Boyd returned to MCSD in 2019 as a math teacher at Carver High School, where she became dean in 2023.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science technology from Savannah State University (2004), a master’s degree in secondary school mathematics from Columbus State University (2012) and an educational leadership certificate from CSU (2023).

Double Churches Elementary School assistant principal

Reese has been an educator for 20 years, all in MCSD.

She started as a kindergarten teacher and literacy coach (2004-07), first-grade teacher and literacy coach (2007-09) and fourth-grade teacher (2009-10) at Downtown Magnet Academy. She has been a fifth-grade teacher at Britt David Magnet Academy since 2010.

Reese earned three degrees from Columbus State University: a bachelor’s (2004) and a master’s (2008) in early childhood education and a specialist’s in educational leadership (2009).