Mr. Janarde Cannon is a 22-year veteran in public education. Mr. Cannon is a native of Pitt County and a product of Pitt County Schools. Mr. Cannon has served as a Social Studies Teacher, Dropout Prevention Counselor and a school administrator. Mr. Cannon has  served as a principal for 10 years prior to becoming the Coordinator of Alternative Learning for Pitt County Schools.

I am a veteran educator beginning my 32nd year, I love my job, my staff and my students. As an out of the box administrator, I thrive in helping our most "at promise" students find more ways to be successful. I created our program, Pitt Academy, twelve plus years ago and have helped our program grow and change though out our times of incredible change both pre and post Covid. Helping spread the word of our collective ideas, with our stakeholders in our communities, and in our district offices as well as encouraging and nurturing our colleagues as they start or restart their programs and schools has been a focus of mine for the past few years. Helping our students and each other we can all improve the conditions for all of our students and communities. 

Ferdonia B. Stewart serves at Pitt Academy as the Administrative Instructional Support for Alternative Programs. Ms. Stewart has over thirty years of experience as a classroom teacher and a school-based administrator. She has served at Pitt Academy since 2019. She brings a wealth of knowledge of school leadership, curriculum and instruction, and works with diverse student populations.