Greetings from the Principal
Hello, my name is Karen Hollis, and I am proud to serve as the principal of Ooltewah Elementary School!
I started my career as a classroom teacher in the community at Howard Elementary School, where I taught from 1988 to 2001. I was selected the Howard Elementary Teacher of the Year in 1990.
Administration became my destination in 2001 as I was selected to be an assistant principal at Hardy Elementary, where I served until 2006.
I was selected as the principal at Ganns Middle Valley Elementary school in 2006. I was the 2008-2009 PTA Principal of the Year, the 2011 Hamilton County Schools Principal of the Year, and the 2011 Tennessee Southeast Region Principal of the Year.
I moved to district administration in 2011 as the elementary operation director for Hamilton County Schools. I briefly retired as director of elementary teaching and learning for the district in 2019.