Lindale high school welcomes 18 new teachers and staff to its campus for the 2024-2025 school year. They will join the CTE, athletic, English, math, agriculture, business, foreign language, science, history and special education departments.
“Our school year is going well and it’s been one of the best starts so far,” Principal Jeremy Chilek said. “ Our new teachers have been the best that we have hired in the last six years. They are super upbeat and already making a good impact on our campus.”
Counselor David McKain has been in education for 44 years and had previously retired before becoming a counselor at Lindale. He is the counselor for grades 9 and 11.
“The greatest joy of my career has been seeing my students succeed,” McKain said. “I enjoy the work in education today as much as I did on day one.”
Teacher Tayler Manley has been teaching for three years with two years at Alba-Golden and one student teaching year at Lindale. She will teach students grades 9-12 in the ag department.
“I choose to be an ag teacher because I have always had a passion for agriculture and leadership,” Manley said. “I strive to help students be involved and show them the passion that I have for agriculture and hope that they can have the same passion as I do.”
Teacher Veronica Nussbaum has been teaching for the past five years and will teach chemistry and physics to 10-11 graders. She became a teacher in the Virgin Islands to aid in the teacher shortage after the 2017 hurricanes.
“I’m excited for this year,” Nussbaum said. “I think the students here are very responsible and they are very kind and I can see that they take a lot of ownership and pride in their work.”
Teacher Allison Crawford is beginning her education career this year as a business and money matters teacher. Before teaching she worked in the business industry.
“I really enjoy working with high school students and I have a background in business,” Crawford said. “I heard that there was an opportunity t o teach business classes and money matters, and that’s something I’m really interested in.”
Coach Cody Sewell is a teacher’s aide and an assistant baseball coach. This will be his second year as a teacher.
“I enjoy teaching kids,” Sewell said. “I came to Lindale because this is somewhere I want my kids to grow up and go to school.”
Teacher Bestey Cambell is in her 25th year teaching at Lindale ISD and teaches English I to freshmen. She previously taught at the junior high school in the Lindale school district.
“I chose to be a teacher mostly because I just really liked working with kids and making a difference in kids’ lives,” Campbell said. “I really like to kind of see that light bulb moment with kids and having great interactions that just kind of help shape where they’re going in the future.”
Coach Shannon Williams has been teaching for 16 years and she is a CTE teacher and coach for the freshman volleyball team. She previously taught at Brownsboro and Van.
“This year has been the best by far out of the sixteen years i’ve been teaching,” Williams said. “I am so very thankful to be here.”
This is the First year teacher Cole Geasling has been teaching, and he instructs sophomore through senior students in the welding classes. His mother was a teacher and his father was a welder, so he decided to become a welding teacher.
“I really enjoy the fact that I can share what knowledge I have to help someone else,” Geasling said. “I really enjoy the morals and the mindset behind the school district. I feel it aligns with mine very well.”
Brianna Clark teaches freshman and sophomores American Sign Language I. She was a substitute teacher last year and had children in the school district.
“I chose to become a teacher, specifically at Lindale, because I’ve had kids in Lindale for 10 years, and it’s such a great place to live,” Clark said. “I just really, really enjoyed being up here, specifically at the high school, and I decided that I too wanted to be a teacher.”
Coach Logan Gilley has been teaching at Lindale for 7 years. He teaches 10th grade world history, 9th grade world geography and coaches basketball.
“I chose to be a teacher because many teachers and coaches had an impact on my life during school,” Gilley said. “I wanted to be able to have a positive impact on students and athletes.”
Lindale High School also welcome teachers Kathryn Hudman, Abby Banko, Bayden Loosier, Stacie Rasco, Liz Groves, Jessica Aragon and Lauren Schneider.
“I love our coaches and teachers here at Lindale,” Chilek said. “I love our culture that focuses around toughness and accountability, which is what we believe in at the high school.”
