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Administrative Team
 
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 Biography |
Dr. Emily Lembeck, Superintendent
Dr. Emily Lembeck assumed the office of Marietta City Schools (MCS) Superintendent
on July 1, 2005, becoming just the 12th superintendent – and first female superintendent
– in the system’s 113-year history, leading the Marietta City Schools’ 12 schools,
approximately 8,000 students and 1,300 employees.
Dr. Lembeck served as Associate Superintendent for Curriculum and Operations of
Marietta City Schools from 2001 until her appointment to the superintendence in 2005.
In that role, she was responsible for the school system’s overall instructional program.
Before her successful career in school administration, she dedicated eleven years to the
classroom as a teacher in Florida and Georgia. Beginning in 1991, she served as
Instructional Lead Teacher at MCS’ West Side Elementary for three years, followed by six years as principal
of Dunleith Elementary School and then a year as principal of Marietta Middle School. In each of these
positions, her student-centered approach to teaching resulted in improved test scores and increased parental
involvement.
A graduate of Brooklyn College in New York, Lembeck holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from
the University of Georgia, a Masters in Administration and Supervision from Nova University in Florida, and
a Bachelor in Early Childhood from Brooklyn College in New York.
Email: elembeck@marietta-city.k12.ga.us
Phone: (770) 429-3100 |
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Dr. Debra Pickett, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction
Dr. Debra Pickett has served as Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction since 2005. Prior to that, Dr. Pickett spent two years as K-12 Director of Curriculum and Instruction, three years as principal of Park Street Elementary, and four years as assistant principal at Lockheed Elementary. Pickett joined Marietta City Schools (MCS) in 1985 as a fifth-grade teacher at Hickory Hills Elementary.
Before coming to MCS, Dr. Pickett worked for the Department of Defense Schools in Darmstadt, Germany and from 1975 to 1982 held various elementary positions with the San Antonio (Texas) Independent School District. Dr. Pickett has served on the board of directors for Marietta Kiwanis and is presently serving on the board for the Cobb County Youth Museum and the Cobb County Literacy Council.
Dr. Pickett received a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Texas State University, Master of Arts in Bilingual-Bicultural Teacher Education from the University of Texas at San Antonio, an Educational Specialist degree in Educational Leadership from the State University of West GA, and completed her Doctorate Degree in Educational Leadership from Argosy Atlanta University.
Email: dpickett@marietta-city.k12.ga.us
Phone: (770) 429-3100 |
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Preston Howard, Assistant Superintendent for Operations
and Policy Development
Preston Howard came to Marietta in 1997 and has served as administrative assistant at Marietta High School, program administrator for the Marietta Performance Learning Center at Woods-Wilkins, and administrative assistant for Curriculum and Operations. Since 2001, he has worked as director of school operations. Prior to joining MCS, he worked as a teacher and intervention coordinator for both Wrens High School and Jefferson County High School in Georgia.
Mr. Howard retired from the U.S. Army in 1991 after 20 years of active duty service. He was Wrens High’s Teacher of the Year for 1993 and is past-president of the Professional Association of Georgia Educators. He currently serves on the boards of the Community in Schools Marietta/Cobb County, and is a PAGE Foundation trustee.
Email: phoward@marietta-city.k12.ga.us
Phone: (770) 429-3100 |
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Dr. Donna Ryan, Assistant Superintendent for Special
Services and Assessment
Dr. Donna Ryan came to Marietta in 2006. As the former Director of Metro West Georgia Learning Resources System (GLRS) — a network of 17 regional centers designed to meet the needs of Georgia’s teachers and parents of students with special needs — Ryan helped develop and monitor projects designed to build capacity at the student, teacher, administrator, and system level.
A graduate of Georgia State University, Ryan holds a Ph.D. in Special Education, and earned an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, and a Bachelor of Education in Elementary Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Email: dryan@marietta-city.k12.ga.us
Phone: (770) 429-3100 |
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