By Bonnie Culverhouse

Webster Parish School Board will soon be seeking a new Supervisor of Transportation and Maintenance and head of Security.

Superintendent Johnny Rowland said Jeff Franklin, who has held those positions for “four or five years,” tendered his resignation Wednesday.

“This is a personnel matter, so I can’t talk about why he decided to resign,” Rowland said. “But I did accept his resignation.”

Rowland said the former agriculture teacher was a principal at Sarepta until consolidation in 2011 and then became the first principal at the new North Webster High School in Springhill.

Franklin, whose resignation becomes effective June 30, was with Webster Parish school system for 38 years. He previously retired, therefore, Rowland said he could not retire a second time, and a resignation was in order.

“Anybody who has been with us for that long – I guess you can say his resignation wasn’t a total surprise,” Rowland said.

The superintendent said the school board will be advertising for Franklin’s position “very soon, and we hope to fill it soon.”