Kortney Dempsey Laura Killen
Amy Peart Stacy Irwin
2021-2022 | CLASS ACT 41
advanced to a CCSD Nurse
of the Year Award program,
with the winner to be
selected by a panel of
nursing professionals and
retired educators and
announced at a new professional
development event
for CCSD school nurses in
July (note: winner had not
been named by press time
but will be celebrated on
CCSD’s website and social
media).
The winners are: for the
Cherokee Zone, Charlene
Dalfonso of Liberty Elementary
School; Creekview
Zone, Susan Grant of Macedonia
Elementary School;
Etowah Zone, Nadia Jones
of Oak Grove Elementary
School Fine Arts Academy;
River Ridge Zone, Annette
Fountain of Little River
Elementary School; Sequoyah
Zone, Erin Krantz
of Sequoyah High School;
Woodstock Zone, Amy
Hagan of Carmel Elementary
School.
“We would not have
been able to successfully
offer our students in-person
school last school year
without the incredible dedication
and care shown by
our school nurses,” Dr.
Hightower said. “Their
expertise has been critical
in our response to COVID.
They have done double-duty,
as while they took on
new responsibilities including
contact tracing and
providing our school
communities with accurate
COVID information, they
also continued to provide
professional healthcare
services to our
schools every day. I
appreciate every
school nurse and all
that they have done
to keep our schools
open for our students.”
The Nurse of the
Year awards are
sponsored by Children’s
Healthcare of
Atlanta.
Special Education
Staff of the Year
Four members of
the Department of
Special Education
received its top
annual honors
during the annual
Special Education
Staff of the Year
Awards ceremony.
They are: CCSD Occupational
Therapist/Physical Therapist of
the Year Amy Peart; CCSD School
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