Two take new roles with W-S/Forsyth County Schools
Jenkins/Kraft
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Dionne Jenkins is now the general counsel for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, and Andrew Kraft will serve the district as the interim director of accountability services.
Jenkins had been the interim general counsel since Jan. 1 after former general counsel Ali Tomberlin resigned on Dec. 31. Jenkins now moves into the position on a permanent basis.
She has been a staff attorney for WS/FCS since 2013. She has worked with employee and student grievances, district litigation and vendor contracts.
Jenkins is an adjunct professor for Forsyth Technical Community College and a former adjunct professor for Salem College. Previously, she was sole practitioner of a small general practice primarily in the areas of criminal and family law, and she litigated matters in District and Superior Court.
Jenkins earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and a law degree from Wake Forest University.
Kraft is replacing Dana Wrights, who will be leaving the district June 16. She will help Kraft with the transition throughout the 2016-17 school year.
Kraft has been the district’s program manager for social studies since 2012. He also works as an adjunct professor at Winston-Salem State University instructing students in social studies teaching methods.
He has worked as the district’s lead STEM teacher, the STEM magnet coordinator at Hanes Magnet School, and as a social studies teacher for N.C. Virtual Public Schools, WS/FCS and Stokes County Schools. He also taught at a 12-month residential therapeutic wilder-ness education program in Low Gap.
Kraft earned a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from Elon University and a master of arts in liberal studies from Wake Forest University.
