Mr. Erps has been teaching for 12 years.  Before that he worked 12 years as a project manager for IBM and 15 years with Denny's Restaurants in various capacities.  He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting, a Masters of Management Information Systems and a Masters of Teaching - Elementary Education.  He is married with three grown children: Jennifer who is an attorney, Nathan who is Assistant Band Director at Chapman High School in Inman, and Matthew who is on the basketball coaching staff at Western Carolina University.