The News Reporter • West Columbus High School • 1965-2015 • Page 9
David Singleton
Charles Sexton
Jerry Holden
Thomas A. Nance
Danny McPherson
WCHS has been helmed by 11 principals
David T. Singleton was the first principal of West Columbus High School. During his last year with the school, 196970, Pierce Dalton was named assistant principal. Dalton would remain at that post through seven of Charles E. Sexton’s eight years as the second principal of the school. During Sexton’s last year, 1977-78, Eugene Sturdivant was named assistant principal. In 1978, Thomas A. Nance was named the third principal of WCHS with Sturdivant as assistant. In 1983, William Graham became Nance’s assistant. Nance said his tenure at the school was a pleasure. There were more than 900 students enrolled. “The students were good to work with and the staff were all veterans who knew what to do,” he said, adding that there was little faculty turnover at the time.
“It was a great experience,” he said. “I loved working with high school-aged students and working with athletics.” He recalled how when there was a project to be done or a goal to be met, the entire school got behind it. Nance would remain as principal through 1988-89. In 1989, Charles G. “Jerry” Holden was named the fourth principal of the school with Graham remaining as assistant. A second assistant principal, George Dillard, came aboard in 1992. In 1993, Danny McPherson was named the fifth principal. William Graham remained assistant principal and Elizabeth Long replaced George Dillard, who had become the principal of another school. In 1997, William Graham was replaced by David Lawrence as assistant principal. In 1999, Steven Clontz was named the sixth principal
Pierce Dalton Assistant Principal with Lawrence and Long as assistants. In 2001, Worley Edwards was named the seventh principal with Kathryn Faulk and Georgia Spaulding as assistants. In 2003, Kathryn Faulk was named eighth principal with Emmett Lay and Harold Bellamy as assistants.
Michael Powell Assistant Principal
Eugene Sturdivant Assistant Principal In 2005, Edwards returned to WCHS as its ninth principal with Bellamy and Kathy Davis as assistants. In 2006, Mark Brown replaced Bellamy. In 2007, Brown was promoted as the school’s 10th principal. Jeff Greene took his assistant post. In 2010, Greene became the
school’s 11th principal with Stephanie Packer and William Wright as assistants. In 2011, Wright was replaced by Michael Powell. In 2012, Packer was replaced by Amanda Leggett. In 2014, Leggett was reassigned as a principal at another school.
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