Mrs. Sauls has worked for the Newton County School System since 1996 at Cousins Middle School, Alcovy High School, Indian Creek Middle School, and Clements Theme School.  She also previously taught at Newnan High School in Newnan, Georgia and worked at a school for Hearing Impaired children in Jacksonville, Alabama.  Mrs. Sauls grew up in Rossville, Georgia, which is on the outskirts of Chattanooga, Tennessee.  She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in English and Sociology, as well as her Master of Education degree in Secondary Language Arts from Jacksonville State University.  She completed her Educational Specialist's degree from Lincoln Memorial University.  She has gifted certification, as well as Advanced Placement training in Literature.

 Mrs. Sauls has one son, Cade, who is a second-grader at Palmer Stone Elementary, and three stepchildren:  Mallory, a senior at Eastside, Madison, an eighth-grader at Cousins, and Caleb, a sixth-grader at Cousins.  She is married to Scott Sauls, who is the principal of Cousins Middle School.  They live in Covington, and most of their free time is spent watching their girls cheer and their boys play baseball, soccer, and basketball. 

Mrs. Sauls is very happy to be a part of the West Newton family!