Personnel moves within Oconee schools

The principal at Westminster Elementary School, Chad Lusk, is transferring within the Oconee School District to be the next principal of the Hamilton Career Center.  The county board of trustees named Lusk the replacement for Mike Pearson, who retires July 1.  The school district has found a successor to Joe Rukat, who retires as the long-time director of technology.  The job goes to Josh Shepard, who started his employment with Oconee public schools as a teacher at Seneca’s Blue Ridge Elementary School in 2012.