She made the announcement last Wednesday morning after the school board approved a personnel package that included nine resignations, three retirements, five transfers and 13 employments.

Hartselle was expected to non-renew the contracts of four non-tenured teachers, but the teachers opted to resign before the board meeting, school officials said.

Jones said the school system still has several teaching vacancies.

The district is looking for a junior high principal because Robbie Smith resigned in March to become principal at Orange Beach Middle Schools in Baldwin County.

Bob Young, a retired Hartselle administrator, has been serving as interim principal.

Jones said she will likely interview and recommend someone for the position during a meeting in June.

Hartselle’s principals are contract employees and their salaries are negotiated, according to Chief Financial Officer Bradley Colburn.

Board member Randy Sparkman said interest in administrative positions in Hartselle is always high, and he’s not surprised at the number of people who have applied for the Hartselle Junior High job.

“We have a good school system,” he said.

The following is a list of personnel matters approved by the board:

Resignations

Ronald Wallace, custodian at Hartselle High; Lyndsie Askea, social studies teacher at Hartselle High; Shane Alexander, physical education teacher at Hartselle Junior High; Regina Hudson, varsity boys’ and girls’ tennis coach; Tammy Wiley, math teacher at Hartselle Junior High; Tristin Wood, special education teacher at Hartselle Intermediate School; Charity Clark, elementary teacher at Barkley Bridge Elementary; Annie Burwell, school nurse at Hartselle High; and Corey Krieger, A.P. government teacher at Hartselle High.

Retirements

Roger Cottingham, custodian, at F.E. Burleson Elementary; Rhonda Miller, teacher at Hartselle High; and Diedrah English, teacher at Hartselle High.

Transfers

Jacob Wray, from teacher at Barkley Bridge Elementary to teacher at Hartselle Intermediate School; Ashley Benham, from teacher at Crestline Elementary School to teacher at Hartselle Intermediate School; Jessica Bankester, speech language pathologist at F.E. Burleson, from a 4-day position to a full-time at F.E. Burleson Elementary School; Will Lang, from science teacher at Hartselle Junior High School to science teacher at Hartselle High; and Penny Roy, from elementary teacher at Hartselle Intermediate School to elementary teacher at Barkley Bridge Elementary.

Employment

Sophie Gillette, elementary teacher at Crestline Elementary School; Whitney Wakefield, elementary teacher at Hartselle Intermediate School; Lindsay Mercier, special education teacher at Hartselle Intermediate; Alice Anne Glasgow, special education teacher at Hartselle High School; Jennifer Lee, special education teacher at Hartselle High School; Maegan Williams, special education teacher at Crestline Elementary School; pending Alabama certification; Jessica O’Neill, special education teacher at Hartselle Intermediate School; Emily Reeves, English teacher at Hartselle High School; Haley Chapman, health science teacher at Hartselle High School; John Hardin, health science teacher at Hartselle High School and Hartselle Junior High School; Trent Wright, temporary summer custodian at Hartselle High; Hudson Harden, temporary summer custodian at Hartselle High; John Smyth, temporary summer worker for painting throughout the system.