Coffee County recognizes new-teacher incentive winner and a parent-teacher scholarship recipient

The Coffee County Board of Education recognized two educators during its meeting. Staff announced that Ashley Yawn White, a fifth-grade ELA teacher at East Side Elementary School with two years of experience, was the district's New Teacher Incentive Award winner for the previous year and will receive a $500 award in her September paycheck.

The board also announced a parent-and-teacher scholarship awarded to Crystal McGowan, a long-time paraprofessional who is enrolled in a multi-semester teacher-education program. Staff described the scholarship as covering the five-semester program the recipient will complete and noted the district encourages para-educators and parents interested in teaching to participate in such programs.

Board members congratulated both recipients. No formal action was required; the recognitions were presented during the meeting's special-recognition segment.