CLEVELAND, Ga. (WRWH) — Tesnatee Gap Elementary School art teacher Leann Fuller is the White County School System Teacher of the Year for the 2024-25 school year. The announcement was made Thursday evening during a ceremony at White County Middle School.
“I’m completely humbled by this, and I just feel so grateful…this is amazing,” said Fuller upon receiving the honor.
Fuller will represent White County in the Georgia Teacher of the Year program. School board chair Missy Jarrard said she is proud to have Fuller represent the county.
“It’s just so obvious as you talk with her, as you watch her with her students, as you watch her in the community, she has a servant’s heart for serving our community, as well as our students,” said Jarrard.
White County’s 2023 Teacher of the Year, Holly Witcher, is currently serving as Georgia Teacher of the Year.
Other systemwide and school-level honors
During the April 24 ceremony, the school system named Mount Yonah Instructional Assistant Johnny Taylor, System Employee of the Year.
Special education bus driver Jack Haas was named System Bus Driver of the Year.
White County Schools Director of Human Resources, Laura Corley, announced the school-level teachers, employees, and bus drivers of the year as follows:
Teachers of the Year
Jack P. Nix Elementary School – Robin Chisolm
Mossy Creek Elementary School – Beverly Roach
Mount Yonah Elementary School – Jade Bates
Tesnatee Gap Elementary School – Leann Fuller
White County Middle School – Kensley Vandiver
White County High School – Dustin Keener
Employees of the Year
Jack P. Nix Elementary School – Danielle Greene
Mossy Creek Elementary School – Sonja Smith
Mount Yonah Elementary School – Johnny Taylor
Tesnatee Gap Elementary School – Suzanne Gorr
White County Middle School – Ada Smith
White County High School – Lee Swim
Transportation Support – Sheree Moore
Bus Drivers of the Year
Elementary School – Ricky Elrod
White County Middle/High School/Relief – Rita Freeman
White County SPED – Jack Haas
Jarrard praised all who were recognized, saying she was “very, very proud” of them. She added, “It’s just a great way of finishing out the school year.”
