Cox new HVA principal
Hardin Valley Academy will have a new principal effective Saturday, July 1, replacing interim Michael Reynolds.
Mitchell Cox, most recently supervisor of employee relations with Knox County Schools’ Central Office, has been appointed to the post.
Cox has been with KCS since 2017, beginning as principal of Halls Elementary School, then moving to Cedar Bluff Elementary as principal in 2019.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in history from ETSU, and a master’s degree in curriculum, instruction and assessment from Walden University.
Cox taught seven years at Sullivan North High School before becoming a teacher and administrative assistant at Innovation Academy of Northeast Tennessee in 2012. He then became assistant principal at Sullivan Central High School and served as principal of Indian Springs Elementary School.
