Just one week before classes return to session in Crittenden County, the high school has a new principal.Todd Merrick has been named as Karen Nasseri's successor at the school, two months after Nasseri took a position as special education coordinator for the district. Merrick has more than two decades in education, first arriving in Crittenden County in 1990 as a high school English instructor. He has also served the district as consultant for the state board of education and assistant principal at the elementary school for two years. Last year, Merrick served as principal of the elementary school in his native Caldwell County.
"I'm glad to have the opportunity to come back to the district," Merrick said Monday.
Merrick expects to name an assistance principal later this week.
For more information about the new principal, stay tuned for this week's printed edition of The Crittenden Press which will be on newsstands Wednesday afternoon.
