Published: June 02, 2009 11:39 am         

Bale hired as Wayne Co. Middle School principal

Monticello — The Wayne County Middle School will have a new principal for the

2009-2010 school year. Tracy Bale, who recently served as principal at

Spencer County High School, was hired last week by the WCMS site based

council, after a series of interviews.

Bale will officially become principal at the middle school on July 1.

For the past five years, Bale has been employed as an administrator in

the Spencer County School District, which is located in Taylorsville, Ky. He

has served as principal at Spencer County High School since 2006. From 2004

to 2006 he served as assistant principal at the district's middle school,

which housed grades six through eight.

Bale said he became a teacher for one reason, "to affect the lives of

young people." Since becoming an administrator, he has had the opportunity

to serve not only students inside a classroom, but a wider range of

students, parents, and teachers.

Bale taught sixth grade science in Elizabethtown in the Hardin County

School District for two years.

He received his superintendent certification from the University of

Louisville and his principal K-12 Rank I certification from Western Kentucky

University. He also has a school counseling 5-12 certification from Western

Kentucky Univer-sity. He has served as a school counselor, football and

baseball coach, and bus driver, in addition to being a classroom instructor

at the start of his career in public education.

Bale will be taking over for Wayne County Middle School Principal

Darrell Stephenson, who agreed to serve as interim principal for one year.

Stephenson will return to his post at the Lake Cumberland Boys Camp.

Wayne County Superin-tendent John Dalton expressed his appreciation to

the Wayne County Middle School site based council for conducting the

interview process and for all their hard work that was devoted to the

selection process.

     

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