Special Education
Deanna Clark
Bryce Dillard
Bryan Getty
Mr. Getty is a 2000 graduate of RCHS. He earned a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Piedmont College and a Master’s in Special Education from Georgia Southern University. Since 2014, Mr. Getty has served as a special education co-teacher at RCHS. Inducted into Piedmont’s Athletics Hall of Fame for tennis in 2014, he also serves as the RCHS and RCMS head tennis coach and FCA sponsor of RCHS.
Brooklyn Lester
Ms. Lester is a 2020 graduate of Surry Central High School. She earned a Honors BSED in Health and Physical Education with a minor in coaching at Western Carolina University in 2024. She is currently working on her MAEd: Special Education Severe/Profound at Western Carolina. Ms. Lester is also the head cross country coach and an assistant coach for women’s basketball.
Debra Paff
Mrs. Paff isn't from around here, but she got here as soon as she could. Born in Charlotte, NC, she endured two decades in suburban Atlanta before hightailing it to the northeast Georgia mountains. Earning her G.E.D. after a few years struggling in the traditional high school setting, she became a non-traditional student at Truett-McConnell College, then Piedmont College, earning her Bachelor's Degree in Special Education. She adores her two young teenagers, Myles and Annabell, and husband Jeff.
Sandy Ross
Savannah Watts
Ms. Watts is a 2009 graduate of Rabun County High School. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in English Literature from the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega. Ms. Watts then earned her Master of Arts in Teaching at Piedmont University. After graduation, she worked as a mentor and teacher at Mountain Education Charter High School in Rabun County. She loves being a teacher at her alma mater.
Clay Worley
Coach Worley is a graduate of Dalton State College and the University of Phoenix. He taught at Towns Towns County Elementary from 2016-2019 as well as coaching football at Towns County High School. He taught at Rabun County Elementary from 2019-2023 before moving to RCHS. He currently coaches football at RCHS.