Mrs. Motley is a graduate of Houghton College in Western NY where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education in 1999. Mrs. Motley graduated from UNCC in 2018 with her Master's degree in School Administration. She is also National Board Certified.

Mrs. Motley moved to Kannapolis from Western NY to begin teaching at Forest Park in 1999. During her 14 and a half years as a classroom teacher at Forest Park, she taught EC, second grade, and fourth-grade. Mrs. Motley served as the KCS Instructional Math Coach from January 2014 until June 2015. Mrs. Motley worked as the Assistant Principal of Instruction at A. L. Brown High School beginning in July of 2015. In 2017 she moved to Kannapolis Middle School to serve as an Assistant Principal. Mrs. Motley is delighted to return to Forest Park as Assistant Principal for the 2019-2020 school year.

Mr. Waugh received his Bachelor’s Degree in Augmented History and Secondary education from Houghton College in Western NY in 1991.  He went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Elementary Curriculum and Instruction from the State University of New York  Fredonia in 1998 and a Master’s Degree Certificate in School Administration from UNC Charlotte in 2018.  Mr. Waugh is also National Board Certified.

Mr. Waugh began his teaching career in Western NY, teaching middle and high school History for eight years before moving to North Carolina.  Mr. Waugh came to Kannapolis City Schools in 2001 and taught Middle grades Social Studies, ELA, and Math.  He became an Assistant Principal at Mooresville Middle in 2018 but moved back to Kannapolis in 2020 to become an Assistant Principal at Forest Park Elementary.

Mr. Waugh lives in China Grove with his wife and three children.

Mrs. Sifford is a graduate of Catawba College in Salisbury NC where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Education in 2009. Mrs. Sifford graduated from Western Carolina University in 2012 with her Master’s of Art in Education with a concentration in Special Education: Learning Disabilities K-12. In 2018, she received a School Administrators add on certificate. 

Prior to coming to Forest Park in 2018, Mrs. Sifford was a self-contained teacher at McKnight Child Development Center for 12 years. In 2019, after serving 1 year as a self-contained teacher at Forest Park Elementary, Mrs. Sifford became the  Special Education Teacher in the Resource setting. Mrs. Sifford is excited to be the first Dean of Students at Forest Park.

Mrs. Fainter received her Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from McDaniel College in Westminster, MD in 2012. She went on to earn her Master's Degree in Special Education with a concentration in Hearing Impairment from Radford University in Virginia in 2014. She worked as an itinerant teacher for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing for two years before relocating to the Charlotte area.

Mrs. Fainter began her career in KCS at Shady Brook Elementary as a second grade teacher. While there she served as a member of the Parent Involvement Committee and served as the director for the ALC after school tutoring program. She also helped to create the second grade ELA curriculum map and resource list for the district. In 2017, Mrs. Fainter moved to Forest Park Elementary to serve as the Instructional Data Coach. She has also worked as the director of the KCS Summer Reading Camp since the summer of 2018.

Mrs. Fainter lives in Concord with her husband Justin and their daughter Eleanor.