The Shelby County Board of Education approved Celita Deem as the new principal of Mt Laurel Elementary School at a specially called Board meeting on Tuesday.  Mrs. Deem, who most recently was serving as the principal at Calera Elementary School, will replace Dr. Angela Walker as principal at Mt Laurel.  Dr. Walker was recently named as the district’s Professional Development Supervisor.

 In addition to serving as principal at Calera Elementary, Mrs. Deem also served previously as the assistant principal and as a teacher at Inverness Elementary.