When school starts in August, Leslie Jones will be the new high school principal.
She was moved to that position at a special school board meeting Friday morning following a lengthy executive session that ended with four of the board members voting for the hire. David Bullard cast the lone dissenting vote.
Jones has been serving as the assistant elementary principal since last August.
She will be taking the place of Kelly Furer who announced her retirement in January.
Jones, a native of Okemah, received her bachelors degree in education from Northeastern State University and a masters in education administration from Southwestern.