Our School Board and Superintendent Dr. Keith Perrigan recognized our Technology Department and our Federal Programs Department as Bearcat Best at the recent School Board Meeting.

 

 

 

Thanks to our Technology Department, our school system was ready to implement virtual learning as soon as it was needed.  Mr. Shelton saw early in January of 2020, that something big was getting ready to happen and persuaded Dr. Perrigan to begin planning for the possibility that we might need to move quickly to virtual learning.  A team was assembled and the planning began.  Dr. Perrigan stated, "If it had not been for the leadership of Jeff Shelton, we would have not been ready."  Our Technology Department worked long hours getting devices and programs ready so that when Virginia schools closed down, we continued learning via online platforms.  We were one of the few school system that was not caught off guard, we had the tools that we needed already in place.  Dr. Perrigan also noted, "Not everyone sees all that the folks in the Technology Department do, but we all experience it." 

 

Members of the Technology Department:

Chief Technology Officer - Jeff Shelton

Program Director of Data Management - Carmen Harper

ITRTs - Melissa Peters, Mike Tolbert & Tracey Dingus

Emerging Technology Specialists - Logan Childress & Chris McElraft

Hardware Technicians - Jason Burson & Mark Gouge