The Lexington school system is welcoming four new teachers this fall.
Martha Dudley brings 15 years of experience to Waddell Elementary School, where she is a new third grade teacher. She has a master’s degree in teaching from Mary Baldwin University and a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has lived in Rockbridge County for 26 years.
Juli Krepps, from Texas, brings 22 years of teaching experience to HWES as a physical education/health teacher. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma.
Beth Wik joined HWES as a special education teacher. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin and Old Dominion University and previously worked as an elementary school teacher for Department of Defense schools in Minnesota and Texas, then as a classroom and special education teacher in Virginia Beach before she moved to Lexington.
At LDMS
Jacob Feldman is a new Spanish teacher at Lylburn Downing Middle School. He graduated from Southern Virginia University and was a Spanish tutor and mentor at the Virginia Governor’s World Language Academies (summer of 2026). He’s originally from Lexington.
