(Hamilton)---Badin High School has named a longtime Hamilton City School administrator as its first female dean of students. Mrs. Patty Gibbons has been named Assistant Principal/Dean of Students, while Ms. Sara Ransom will serve as Assistant Principal/Dean of Academics, according to a release from the Catholic high school on New London Road. Gibbons served 19 years as an assistant principal in the Hamilton City School District. She graduated from Hamilton High in 1994. Ransom has been a member of the Badin faculty for the past three years. Badin recently named Brian Pendergest the school's first president , with Patrick Keating taking over as principal.

(Photo: Badin High School Principal Patrick Keating has announced new assistant principals at the Catholic high school on New London Road in Hamilton. He is flanked by Mrs. Patty Gibbons, assistant principal/dean of students; and Ms. Sara Ransom, assistant principal/dean of academics. Badin will open its 57th school year on Wednesday, Aug. 17, with a student population of some 640 students from nearly 50 junior high schools and 30 zip codes.)