Staff
Administration
Carol Griffin
Principal
Mrs. Griffin has served as Principal of Oscar J. Pope Elementary School since July 2017. She began her educational career as a business education teacher at Mulberry Middle School, where she worked until becoming an Assistant Principal. She has been the Assistant Principal of Lincoln Avenue Academy and Rochelle School of the Arts. Mrs. Griffin holds a Professional Educators Certificate in Educational Leadership, School Principal and Business Education. She received her Bachelors Degree from Bethune Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida, and her Masters Degree from University of South Florida.
Amy Bermudez
Assistant Principal
Mrs. Bermudez has served as the Assistant Principal of Oscar J. Pope Elementary School since August of 2019. She began her educational career as an 8th grade reading teacher in Miami-Dade County, where she worked until relocating to Polk County. There she became a Language Arts teacher at Crystal Lake Middle and then moved into a Reading Interventionist position before serving as the Assistant Principal II for three years. Mrs. Bermudez holds a Professional Educators Certificate in Educational Leadership, Elementary Education, Secondary English Education, and Reading. She received her Bachelors Degree from Florida International University and Masters Degrees from NOVA Southeastern University and University of South Florida.
Special Area/Instructional Coaches
Dalila Sanabria
Art Teacher
Student Services
Resource & ESE Teachers
Brenda Bernier
ESE Teacher
Linda Franks
Interpreters, Nurses, and Para Educators
Shelby Riker
ASL Interpreter
Sydney Ortiz
Network Paraprofessional
Sylvia Holmes
ESE Paraeducator
Foodservice Professionals
Julie Keen
Foodservice Professional
Ivonne Martinez
Foodservice Professional
Sandy McCarthy
Foodservice Professional
Christina Stiles
Foodservice Professional
Trish Torpey
Foodservice Professional
Maggie Tychewicz
Foodservice Professional
Custodial Professionals
Zeida Bello Aguilar
Custodial Professional
Occupational/Physical Therapy
Administrative Professionals
Pre-Kindergarten
Stacey Buchanon
Head Start Teacher
Kindergarten
Emily Wooten
Kindergarten Teacher
Rachel Stubleski
Kindergarten Teacher
First Grade
Second Grade
Gabrielle Knighten
Second Grade Teacher
Christine Childers
Second Grade Teacher
Third Grade
Lourdes Courson
Third Grade Teacher
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Assia Angelini
Fifth Grade Teacher
