School Newsletters and Updates

On Friday, December 17, in what has to be a shock to the Westlake High community Instructional Area Superintendent Susan Dorenkamp sent out the the following statement in an email:

The purpose of this e-mail is to advise you that effective immediately Dr. Byron White, will no longer be the principal at Westlake High School. Please be assured that a quality interim leader has been selected.  Mr. Andrew Tatum will serve as the interim principal and will continue to serve in this capacity until a decision is reached regarding the future principalship at the school.

According to that same e-mail which can be seen in its entirety here. Mr. Tatum is an experienced principal who worked at Dekalb's Redan High School and until this appointment was working identifying new teachers for the state largest school system in Gwinnett County.

Little detail has been released on why Dr. White was released during the middle of the school year and at the start of the final exam session. We wish to thank Dr. White for his service to our community and wish him all the best.

Dr. Adrienne Walton, Gullatt Elementary School
This January, after the winter break, Adrienne Walton will return to Gullatt Elementary as its principal. Previously an assistant principal at the school as well as at Heritage, Cogburn Woods and Birmingham Falls elementary schools, Walton brings 20 years of teaching and leadership experience into her new position. She also has served as an elementary summer school principal for several years and taught English at the high school and collegiate level. 

Walton holds doctoral and specialist’s degrees in educational leadership from Argosy University and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English education from the University of West Georgia. She also holds educational leadership certification from UWG.  

Walton will officially join the staff in January after the winter break. Until then she will work with the schools’ interim leader – Minnie Jenkins-Miller to ensure a smooth transition.

Fulton County Schools in South Fulton

Palmetto Elementary School