Reed named new high school assistant principal
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“I have mixed emotions about it,” Reed said. “I will certainly miss teaching but at the same time this is an opportunity to look at things from a different perspective. I look forward to doing as much good as I can.”
The appointment of Reed completes the reorganization of administrative positions at both the central office and several county schools caused earlier this summer by the retirement of system federal programs director Donald Jones and high school principal George Bolding.
At the high school, the ensuing domino effect saw Morrison Elementary principal James Bennett chosen to succeed Bolding, while high school grade level principal Ronnie Brown was chosen to succeed Bennett.
In looking for Brown’s replacement, Bennett said he wanted to find someone who had a good deal of experience in education, could deal with and relate to both students and parents, and who would support school personnel.
“I had several very good applicants and I was impressed by all of them but I felt like Mr. Reed was the right choice for the job. I think he will best be able to merge and mesh with our situation,” said Bennett.
Reed began his career in education in 1968 as an English teacher at City Junior High/Southside. After a one-year stint at the senior high, he was transferred to Warren County Junior High where he remained until that school closed in 1994. He then taught at the high school for three years before retiring. Two years later, however, he returned to the classroom, first to Eastside Elementary and then to Morrison Elementary.
Beginning tomorrow he will take over as the 10th-grade principal. His major responsibility will be the daily supervision and discipline of the approximately 470 students in this year’s sophomore class.
“With over 460 students in one class, being a grade level principal at the high school is like being a principal of a smaller school,” explained Bennett. “It’s a school within a school.”
He will also be responsible, along with the other grade level principals, for assigning teacher bus duty and teacher assignments for extra curricular activities and athletic events.