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EAST COWETA ADMINISTRATION

Stephen Allen is beginning his 9th year as Principal at East Coweta High School; however, he is not new to the Indian Reservation. From 1997 to 2005, Mr. Allen taught special education here at East Coweta before moving to Smokey Road Middle School as an assistant principal

STEPHEN ALLEN PRINCIPAL

from 2005 to 2007. He then spent the next seven years as an assistant principal and Athletic Director at Newnan High School from 2007 to 2014. He returned to ECHS during the 2014-2015 school year as an assistant principal. Mr. Allen has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky, and he obtained his Masters Degree in Administration and Supervision and his Certification in Special Education from the University of West Georgia. He completed his Ed.S. in Administration and Supervision at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee. Mr. Allen and his wife Kelli, who is a special education teacher at Poplar Road Elementary, have a daughter Kison who graduated from ECHS in 2017, and a son Taber, a 2010 ECHS graduate.

Lee Heaberlin is beginning his first year as Athletic Director and his fifth year as an Assistant Principal at East Coweta High School, and 15th year in public education. Mr. Heaberlin previously taught and coached at West Chatham Middle School, H.V. Jenkins High

LEE HEABERLIN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

School, Sandy Creek High School, and East Coweta High School before becoming an administrator. Mr. Heaberlin is a 2003 East Coweta Honor Graduate lettering in both football and baseball. Mr. Heaberlin graduated from Georgia Southern University in 2008 with a B.S. in Special Education, earned his Master’s Degree from the University of West Georgia in Special Education, and his ED.S. in Curriculum and Instruction from Lagrange College. He is married to Hannah Heaberlin, also an ECHS graduate, and they have two daughters Paisley (11) and Bailey (7).

Dr. Kristi Lanave currently serves as Assistant Principal of East Coweta High School. She is responsible for 10th grade discipline and oversees Fine Arts, Business, Family & Consumer Sciences, and MCJROTC departments. She brings 22 years of educational

KRISTI LANAVE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

experience to East Coweta High. She has served as a middle school teacher, high school teacher, Science Department Chairperson, and Leadership Team member. Dr. Lanave has earned a Bachelor Degree in Biology, along with Master, Specialist, and Doctoral Degrees in Curriculum & Instruction. She is certified in the fields of Curriculum & Instruction, Broad Field Science, and Middle Grades English Language Arts. Dr. Lanave and her husband, Joe, have three children, Jenna (husband Mason), Joe Jr. (wife Skyler), and Khloe, and two grandchildren, Gabriel and Ellie. She loves spending time with her family and supporting her students and staff at East Coweta High School.