![]() The school board voted unanimously to adopt the new policy on students’ use of electronic devices. ![]() No cellphones during school dayīibb County Schools students will no longer be allowed to use their cellphones during the school day this coming school year. Board member James Freeman and Superintendent Curtis Jones were absent from the meeting. Adams was formerly the district’s director of research, evaluation, assessment and accountability.Īll of the recommendations were unanimously approved by Board members in attendance. In other news, Kevin Adams was named Chief Information Officer for Bibb Schools. Render will take the job most recently held by Jesse Davis, who resigned in April to work for Peach County Schools. The district has three executive officer positions that supervise principals. Render’s philosophy, according to the board brief, is that “every student deserves the opportunity to have an extraordinary learning experience through educational access and equity in order to become a productive citizen.” Nelson Render was appointed executive officer for Bibb Schools by incoming Superintendent Dan Sims. According to the board brief, Render has a master’s degree in educational leadership from Jacksonville State University and his job history includes being assistant principal and implementation specialist for high school college and career readiness at Atlanta Public Schools, principal at Clayton County Schools, and chief of secondary schools and associate superintendent of high schools at Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin. Render was appointed executive officer for Bibb Schools. Lovett returned to work at the Department of Special Education for APS as a special education coordinator in 2012. She later worked for DeKalb County Schools, where she “began her career in the field of educational leadership by serving as a District Lead Teacher for Special Education programs,” according to the Bibb Schools board brief. Lovett worked as a special education teacher for APS. She is credited with increasing the graduation rate for special education students from 14% in 2012 to 60.5% in 2020, according to a Bibb Schools Board Brief email sent after the meeting. Lovett, of Griffin, has a master’s degree in educational administration from Argosy University. The position was most recently held by Tanzy Kilcrease, who resigned and now works for the Georgia Department of Education. Lovett, assistant superintendent of student services for APS, was approved as the next chief of staff for Bibb Schools. Sims was one of five assistant superintendents for APS before the Bibb school board voted 6-2 to hire him in May. ![]() Incoming Bibb Schools Superintendent Dan Sims appointed two of his former coworkers from Atlanta Public Schools to top positions in a move approved by the Bibb County Board of Education on Thursday. Katika Lovett was appointed Bibb Schools Chief of Staff by incoming Superintendent Dan Sims. ![]()
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