The Dougherty County Board of Education has voted to hire Peach County Principal Dr. Anita Mathis to serve as the new principal for Alice Coachman Elementary School for the 2020-2021 school year. 

Mathis, who has been an educator since 1995 in districts across the state, will replace Melissa Brubaker who is leaving Alice Coachman.

“Dr. Mathis has a great reputation among her colleagues across the state and I’m confident her experience as an administrator will help the employees and students at Alice Coachman continue to grow,” Superintendent Kenneth Dyer said. 

Mathis is currently the principal at Trojan Academy Achievement Center. Prior to that, she served as the principal and assistant principal of Hunt Elementary School in Fort Valley. She’s also served as deputy principal and STEM Coordinator at Peach County High School, Instructional Lead Teacher at Bloomfield Middle School in the Bibb County School District, assistant principal at Lamar County Middle School in Lamar County Public Schools, an 8th grade science teacher at Banks Stephens Middle School in Monroe County and a 7th grade teacher at Stewart-Quitman Middle-High School in Stewart County.

“I am truly honored to serve as principal of Alice Coachman Elementary School,” Mathis said.   “As I start on this journey of success with the Alice Coachman Elementary School Community, I think of a quote from the late great Kobi Bryant... ‘The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.’  My mission will be to cultivate a learning environment where students can learn and achieve academically beyond all expectations. I look forward to collaborating with all stakeholders to ensure the vision of Dougherty County Schools... Building a better community, one student at a time.”