Student Services
Deborah Durham

INSTRUCTIONAL COACH
Kalan Hoskins

Counselor
Counselor
B.S.W., East Carolina University
M.S. Counseling, East Carolina University
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, NCBLMHC
M.S. Counseling, East Carolina University
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, NCBLMHC
Student Services, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Work:
919-496-7377 ext. 244
Kalan Hoskins is the School Counselor at Royal Elementary School. She has a Master’s degree in Counseling and a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from East Carolina University. She furthered her training and education by becoming a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and a National Certified Counselor (NCC). She began working as a school counselor in 2001 and joined Franklin County Schools and Royal Elementary School in 2018.
Todd Thorp

Interventionist
B.S. Elementary Education K-6, State University of New York at Oswego
M.A. Curriculum & Instruction, Walden University
M.A. Curriculum & Instruction, Walden University
English, Not applicable to my position
Work:
919-496-7377 ext. 241
Mr. Thorp lives with his wife of 28 years and one dog and a cat. He has two grown children, a son in Washington, DC and a daughter in Dunn, NC. Mr. Thorp has worked as an elementary school educator for the past 23 years. He began teaching 8 years in Prince Georges County MD before moving to NC and teaching in Wake County for another 8 years. He has now worked at Royal Elementary in Franklin County for the past 7 years, 6 of them in second grade. He is excited to begin the next phase of his education career as a Reading Intervention teacher at Royal.