Jackson-Feild Behavioral Health Services (JFBHS) is pleased to announce
that Johnnie C. McKeller has been named Director of Education for the
Gwaltney School effective January 17, 2019. McKeller began teaching at
the Gwaltney School in 2009, and had been serving as the acting director
since July 1, 2018.
A resident of Franklin, McKeller earned his undergraduate
degree from Longwood University, and his Master's degree from Cambridge
College. He has been an educator since 2005 in a variety of capacities
with several school divisions in North Carolina and Virginia. He also
has been a coach for baseball, football, wrestling, track & field,
and basketball.
McKeller is well liked and respected by the students as well as
his colleagues, and his promotion has been well-received. With
infectious enthusiasm, McKeller is a visionary who constantly seeks to
improve himself and the Gwaltney School.