With each new school year comes new faces, and for CHHS, that means five new teachers. Because students are only a couple of weeks into the 2025-26 school year, they don’t know much about the new teachers, so The Central Times has the info you need. Some new teachers we welcome to Central Hardin are Jeremiah Belton, Ben Hedges, Carlee Perry, Whitney Thomas, and Terri Young.
Jeremiah Belton, a science and social studies teacher and assistant boys’ basketball coach, lived in Louisville until around fifth grade, then moved to LaRue County. He went to LaRue County High School, then went to Lindsey Wilson College. He is an assistant basketball coach and teacher here at Central.
Ben Hedges, who teaches engineering, went to Kentucky Wesleyan in Owensboro. He played baseball and did ROTC simultaneously there. For high school, he went to Owensboro Catholic. He has never taught before, but was a sub last school year, and is interested in a JROTC instructor position.
”So I’m originally from Owensboro, but being in the military for the last 12 years, I’ve kinda been around a little bit. My last duty station was at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.” Hedges said.
Carlee Perry was born and raised in Elizabethtown. She went to Central Hardin for high school, and she went to Campbellsville University. This was Perry’s first year teaching; however, she completed student teaching in Taylor County the last semester before she graduated. Along with being a teacher, she is also the assistant coach for the Central Hardin cheer team.
Whitney Thomas, a freshman math teacher, went to Meade County High School and was in the class of 1993. She graduated from Western Kentucky University in 1997 and later from the University of the Cumberlands. She has taught before at different schools: North Hardin Middle School Special Education, along with being a family resource/youth service center coordinator for 16 years.
LI teacher Terri Young graduated from Western Kentucky and attended high school in Marshall County, located in the western part of the state. She has taught before. She came from Hardin to teach at Central, then moved to Heartland, and later returned to Central. However, she eventually ended up back in LaRue County because her grandkids were attending that school, and then she returned to Central again.
Each teacher was also asked what they thought their favorite thing about CHHS was. Check out the video to learn more.
