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The NET: East

Kina Lee, Principal

Ms. Kina has spent the past twelve years working in education and holds a BA in Science and an MA in Education.  She enjoys the close relationships between the staff and students at The NET.

Charmaine Sonnier, Academic Dean

"Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together"

Debra

Mrs. Sonnier-Jones is the mother of four boys.  She is a lifelong learner and educator with 23 years of experience and is excited to be joining the NET: East team as a math teacher.  

Willie Morgan, Dean of Students

"Really what education does is it gives opportunity, but it also gives HOPE."

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First & Foremost my name is Willie Morgan. I am a New Orleans native who loves Second Lines and Crawfish Boils. I'm honored to have an opportunity to work the amazing youth and staff that walk the halls of NOAH.

Troy Avery, Data and Enrollment Coordinator

Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be."- Rita Pierson

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Troy is from New Orleans and attended Xavier University of Louisiana.  He loves spending time with his family and friends.  
Geneisha Buggage, Real World Learning Coordinator
“Where there is no vision, the people perish." 
T. Williams
"Geneisha Buggage serves as the Real World Learning Coordinator at The NET Charter High School: East. She is passionate about providing students with meaningful work based learning experiences, job exploration, counseling and post secondary career counseling."

LaKeisha Burke, Special Education Teacher

"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood" --Helen Keller

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LaKeisha A. Burke is an excellent educator with over 16 years of experience. She has a true passion for teaching and is constantly seeking new and innovative ways to engage the students in their academic and personal goals!
Ja'mecia Fall, Interventionist 
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Ms. Ja'mecia is a New Orleans native who has always loved school and learning.  She holds an undergraduate degree from The University of New Orleans and a master's degree from Walden University.  She enjoys reading and hunting for unique items at thrift stores.  She loves how The NET meets each student where they are.

Dorian Farrar, ELA Teacher

“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."  - Fredrick Douglass

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Ms. Dorian Farrar has been teaching in New Orleans since 1990. She loves her community, and always want to be of service to the youth of this city.
Shontrell Hughes, ELA Teacher
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Ms.Shontrell is a native New Orleanian. She has been teaching for 12 years. Ms.Shontrell loves being able to change the trajectory of student's lives.

Veronica Johnson, Special Education Coordinator 

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel" Maya Angelou

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Ms. Johnson is a kind, generous and loving person, and a great teammate!  She is also known as a "finisher" that gets the work done! 
Kim Legaux, Counselor
"Always keep trying. Stop making excuses."

Ms.Kim Legaux is a founding staff member of The NET: Central City and will be bringing her insight and experience to the Gentilly campus for the Fall 2018 semester. She worked for an adolescent drug rehab facility as a supervisor and at Bridge City as a therapeutic dorm leader. She has been working in education for over 20 years. She made the decision to become an educator while volunteering in her daughter's Pre-K class, after she was asked to sub for the teacher. Ms. Kim was also a Girl Scout troop leader and a cheerleading coach. She originally wanted to be a nurse but fell in love with working with kids and cites her daughter as her motivation to keep going. Ms. Kim runs the food pantry and the Period Poverty project for both campuses. Her door is always open to students, families, and staff who need a listening ear, a motherly lecture, a connection to a resource, or a funny story to cheer up their day.

Biography by NET student Troyneisha
Vanity Neely, Assistant Dean of Students
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Ms. Vanity is a New Orleans native that loves spending time with her family.  She has a strong rooted desire to assist the youth in her community, which lead her to the NET: East.  
Beverly Potashner, Student Support Coordinator

“I expect my students to try their best.”

Beverly Potashner

Before moving to New Orleans in 2016, Beverly Potashner taught in New Jersey for 15 years. She studied at Rider University in New Jersey for both her undergraduate and graduate degrees. Ms. Beverly loves working with the kids and staff at The NET, where everyone is very supportive and she always expects students to try their best. In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with her family, going on long walks, reading, and being with her two dong’s Jenna and Emerson. The person that made Ms.potashner want to become an educator was that she had an amazing guidance counselor that encouraged her to become an educator.

Biography by NET student JaNaria

Marc Prados, Biology Teacher

“A great student is what the teacher hopes to be.”

Marc Prados
Mr. Prados is a father of four, a long time educator, and a life long nerd who enjoys reading, games, and learning! He loves solving problems and discovering how things work, particularly when it leads to an increase in aptitude.

Matthew Tanner, Dean of Students

I have never encountered any children in any group who are not geniuses. There is no mystery on how to teach them. The first thing you do is treat them like human beings and the second thing you do is love them. - Asa Hilliard III

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Pastor Matthew Tanner Jr. has over 12 years of experience working with children and helping them reach their full potential in life. He's passionate about helping people discover and pursue their God-Given purpose for their lives.

Roz Brown, Attendance Monitor & Admin Assistant

"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." Malcolm X

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Ms. Roz is a fun-loving spirit whose daily goals are to educate, guide and uplift young people and the organizations who support them. I've been working in the New Orleans public school system as an office administrator since 2008, from Pre-K to 12th grade, helping students & families get the information and resources they need to be successful.
Arielle Brown, Mental Health Counselor

Confucius: "Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace."

Beverly Potashner

Ms.Arielle Brown was born and raised in Lafayette, LA to a mother who retired after 35 years in Special Education to take care of her sick grandmother, pastor a church, and pursue her own personal dreams, and a father from Alabama who was a retired artist, builder, and brick mason. He passed in 2023 from old age and cancer. After receiving her Bachelor's in Communications and Business from UL-Lafayette, she completed the Master of Social Work program at Southern University N.O. and clinical internship with Children's Bureau, then immediately dove into outpatient Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy, taking a brief contract at a local high school and then enjoying 5 years at Arthur Ashe Charter School. As both a social worker and entrepreneur, Ms.Brown loves helping others see and grow the light in themselves to reach internal and external goals.