September 9, 2025
By MEALAND RAGLAND-HUDGINS
Rutherford County Schools
Educators from multiple Rutherford County Schools campuses have been selected to serve on the Tennessee Department of Education’s English Learner Educator Working Groups.
The working groups were designed to address issues impacting English Learners and their teachers. They will focus on intensive language instruction and service time for English learners and supporting rigorous content instruction in general education classrooms, according to the state Department of Education.
Those selected to serve are as follows:
K-8 Working Group
Dana Lester, Roy Waldron Elementary
Jevetta Mitchell, LaVergne Lake Elementary
High School Working Group
Mervat Abdelmasseh, Smyrna
Isomari Pozo, LaVergne
Michelle Smith, Riverdale
Christine Tennyson, Riverdale
Carla Wall, Siegel
Candice Walls, Riverdale
Legislative Working Group
Megan Turnbow, district ESL Coordinator