From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
TRUSSVILLE — The Trussville City Schools Foundation announced Leslie Armstrong is its new executive director.
Armstrong replaces Heather Sandifer who resigned after moving to Georgia.
Armstrong, a graduate of Auburn University, has a professional background in the field of education as a teacher and counselor as well as in healthcare in community outreach. She volunteered in various capacities at Paine Elementary and was on the Eastern Women’s Committee of Fifty. Leslie is married to Craig Armstrong, a 1995 graduate of Hewitt-Trussville High School, and they have twin daughters in the seventh grade at Hewitt-Trussville Middle School and a son in the ninth grade at HTHS.
She will begin in January, just in time to continue the planning of the Inaugural Trussville City Schools Foundation Casino Night, sponsored by Lathan Associates Architects P.C. and 4africa. The Casino Night event will be on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, and held at Ferus Artisan Ales. More information about Casino Night can be found at www.tcsf.org and the TCSF Facebook page.
The Trussville City Schools Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working to provide financial assistance to Cahaba Elementary School, Magnolia Elementary School, Paine Elementary School, Hewitt-Trussville Middle School and Hewitt-Trussville High School. The Foundation is financially supported by local business sponsors and donations by the citizens of Trussville. The Foundation has donated over $790,000 to Trussville City Schools since its inception in 2007.
Serving TCSF on the Board of Directors for 2019-2020 are President Kendra Rushing, Vice-President Jeremy Tuggle, Treasurer Jasen White, Secretary Patrick Campbell, Johnny Amari, Armmon Carter, April Chamberlain, Heath Hood, Heather Johnson, Lee Lesley, Lee Marlow, Cassandra Ridley and Chris Theriot.