MAIDEN — Brian Hefner has resigned as principal of Maiden High School, effective Thursday, Sept. 24, Catawba County Schools announced.
Assistant principals Zindy Wilfong and Caine Houser are leading the school while the district works to name an interim principal. The district also will begin the process of hiring a permanent principal.
“Our priority is to support Maiden High School’s students and staff and provide stability during this transition,” Superintendent Matt Stover said in the district’s announcement. “We appreciate the dedication of the school’s leadership team and will share an update when an interim principal is named.”
The district did not give a reason for the resignation.
Hefner has led Maiden High since 2019. Before that, he was principal of Maiden Middle School from 2015 to 2019 and of Blackburn Elementary from 2008 to 2014. He joined Catawba County Schools in December 2000, teaching sixth grade at Blackburn Elementary, and later served as an assistant principal at Fred T. Foard High School and Oxford Elementary, according to his district biography.
Maiden High serves about 865 students in grades 9 through 12, according to the school’s profile.
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Catawba First News will update this story when the district names an interim principal.
Source note: The district’s Sept. 23 announcement was reported by WHKY. Career details are from Hefner’s Maiden High School leadership page and the school’s profile. Tip: a local news report.
