Hixson High School Assistant Principal Lee SimsHixson High School Assistant Principal Lee Sims will serve as the school’s interim principal beginning Jan. 1, Superintendent Rick Smith announced today in a news release.
Sims replaces Christine Couch, who is leaving the school district to work at Chattanooga State Community College.
Sims began working in Hamilton County in 2001 after retiring from Catoosa County Schools.
In Catoosa, he held several school and central office administrative jobs. In Hamilton County, he worked for seven years as a lead teacher for exceptional education before working as Hixson’s assistant principal the last three years.