BOLD Students to Staff
From student to staff, Jodi Sorrells, Ashley Bailey, and Bethaney Barber have come full circle, returning to serve the Barrow County School System community that helped shape them.
Will Shuler, a 2011 graduate of Winder-Barrow High School, now serves the Barrow County School System in a Network Administrator.
"Working for the school system I graduated from is something I’m very proud of. I’m grateful to the teachers and administrators who encouraged my interests and helped me see what was possible. Supporting our students and staff today is my way of giving back to a community that gave so much to me,” said Shuler.
Savnnah Goins, a 2005 graduate of Apalachee High School, now serves as the receptionist at Bethlehem Elementary School.
“There’s something special about getting to work in the same county where I grew up and graduated. Barrow County will always be home to me, and being able to give back to the community that helped shape me means so much. Now, I get to watch my own child grow up in the same county, attending Apalachee and making memories just like I did. It’s a full-circle moment to be part of the same community that poured so much into me and now get to see my child experience it, too. These are my people, this is my home, and I’m proud to be part of the Barrow County family,” said Goins.
Quentin Ladson, graduated from Apalachee High School in 2013 and now serves as the Instructional Coach for Westside Middle School. For Ladson, returning to his former middle school has brought him joy.
“For 8 of my 10 years in education, I have had the opportunity to serve in the Barrow County School System, with 7 of those years spent at Westside Middle School. I also had the privilege of attending Westside as a middle school student myself! Being able to grow up in this school system and now serve as an educator here brings me so much joy. Having grown up in this community and choosing to live and work here has allowed me to build meaningful connections with the families I serve. I have the unique opportunity to teach students whose parents I know and, in some cases, multiple siblings within the same family. Being able to give back to the community that helped shape me makes this work especially meaningful,” said Ladson.
Thank you to our BOLD alumni who have chosen to return home and pour their talents into the Barrow County School System.