School Board Approves Administrative Appointments The Virginia Beach School Board, during its regularly scheduled July 3 meeting, approved the recommendation of Superintendent Timothy R. Jenney for nine administrative appointments. Charles F. Dibbs, II was appointed to the position of planetarium coordinator in the division's Department of Technology. In this position, Dibbs will supervise astronomical education and enrichment programs developing presentations that emphasize the Standards of Learning. He will also be purchasing and adapting programs for the multi-media theater located at Plaza Middle School. Dibbs, who had been a teacher at Corporate Landing Middle since 1997, earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Old Dominion University (ODU). James H. Morris has been appointed to the position of assistant director for environmental and energy management in the Department of Administrative Support Services. Coming from the City of Virginia Beach, he brings more that 10 years of experience as an industrial hygienist to the position. In addition to energy management, Morris will supervise indoor air quality and hazardous management programs for asbestos, lead, and radon. Morris holds a bachelor's from The College of William and Mary and a master's from ODU. Jeanne P. Crocker has been appointed to the position of organizational development specialist. In this position, she will work on a variety of assignments with specific focus on designing the instruction activities for the division's Leadership Development Academy and will oversee the Gallup Perceiver Process. A veteran of 17 years in public education, Crocker has worked in Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) for the past ten years, most recently as assistant principal at Trantwood Elementary. She is a graduate of Iowa State University, earning her master's from The George Washington University. Denise Forehand was appointed as a special education coordinator in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She has 14 years in public education and comes to the division from the Tidewater Regional Alternative Education Programs where she was a coordinator. In her position with VBCPS, Forehand will serve as liaison with a group of schools focusing on the administrative and instructional needs of the special education programs in those schools. She earned her bachelor's, her master's, and her certificate of advanced study from ODU. Debra Dear-Rutecki, Mark A. Lowe, Richard B. Trumble, and Shelia Wynn were appointed assistant principals. Dear-Rutecki, a teacher in VBCPS for seven years, has been assigned to Alanton Elementary. She earned her bachelor's at Mississippi State University and her master's at ODU. Lowe has six years in public education serving as a teacher in Norfolk and Albemarle County. He holds a bachelor's from ODU and a master's and education specialist degree from University of Virginia. He has been assigned to Princess Anne Elementary. A six-year veteran teacher, Trumble has spent three of those years in VBCPS. He is a graduate of Ohio University (bachelor's) and the University of Tulsa (master's), and has been assigned to Ocean Lakes High. Wynn has been assigned to Bettie F. Williams Elementary, the division's second year round school. She has nine years of experience in public education, all with VBCPS. She earned both her bachelor's and her master's from Norfolk State University. ###