The Macon County Board of Education selected Mickey Noe and Dr. Kevin Bailey to be the next principals of Franklin High School and Macon Middle School respectively during their monthly meeting on Monday night.
Both Franklin High School principal Barry Woody and Macon Middle School principal Scot Maslin intend to retire from their positions at the end of this school year. After a lengthy closed session, the school board members voted unanimously to approve a personnel report that named Noe and Bailey as principals at the two schools.
Noe most recently served as principal of The Oaks Academy in Cherokee County and has also served as principal of Hayesville High School, Hayesville Middle School and Hayesville Elementary School. He began work as a teacher at Edgewater High School in Orlando in 1995 and has worked as a dean of students, a fundraiser and a coach for football, baseball and soccer teams. While he did not immediately respond to a request for comment, his resume explains his enthusiasm for taking on a leadership role in a new environment where he can “utilize my personal strength in communication, organization, relationship building and passion for working to improve the education of all students”.
Bailey is the current executive director for human resources at Jackson County Schools. At press time, Macon County Schools had not released Bailey’s resume.
Following a very different and challenging school year under the shadow of COVID-19, the school board members and school system administrators are relieved that they found effective candidates to fill these positions with time to spare and look forward to seeing what they’ll do for Macon County students in the future.
“I am excited to welcome Mr. Noe and Dr. Bailey to the Macon County School system,” Superintendent Chris Baldwin said.
Noe and Bailey will take over in their new positions starting on July 1.
Monday’s meeting also included approval for East Franklin Elementary’s 2021-22 handbook, updates on the progress of geothermal repair at Iotla Valley Elementary, and a briefing on the summer learning program, a detailed explanation of which can be found in the May 19 issue of The Franklin Press.