North Habersham Middle School Assistant Principal Dr. Renee Crandell has been promoted to principal. The Habersham County Board of Education announced her promotion at its meeting Monday night.
According to county school superintendent Matthew Cooper, an anonymous survey was distributed to staff at the middle school. Of those surveys, 41 were returned, and 39 respondents recommended Dr. Crandall for the job. She has served as assistant principal for the past three years.
Crandall succeeds Adam Bagwell, who is taking over as principal at Habersham Central High School.
Cooper told board members that the school system has a “robust leadership pipeline,” giving them the opportunity to promote from within.
In addition to Dr. Crandall’s promotion, the board unanimously approved Cooper’s other personnel recommendations for resignations, transfers, and new hires.
Budget
Also at their June 17 board meeting, school board members approved the school system’s budget. Ahead of the vote, Chair Doug Westmoreland said the board worked on the budget with Chief Financial Officer Staci Newsome.
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Referencing a criticism raised during May’s HABCO Primary debate, Westmoreland said, “I know it seems like on a regular board meeting that we just quickly go through this, but all of the work has been done. All of the work, all the discussion, and all the questions have been done.” He adds, “We want to make sure we are very transparent on that information.”
Westmoreland said board members and Newsome discussed all funds in work sessions and held two public hearings before unanimously approving the spending measure. The total budget for Habersham County Schools for FY 2025 is $126,806,511.
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