Maness comes to Pike Road from Carroll High School in Ozark, where she has been the principal for the last threeassistant principal at Carroll High School for four years. Alabama, was named both a “School of Excellence” and a “School of Distinction” by A+ College Ready and was recently named a “Purple Heart School” recognizing efforts to support Maness has been named the 2021 AASSP District 2 Principal of the Year. She was later named a top-three finalist for Principal of the Year in Alabama.
Maness begins on June 1, but school officials say she is already working on coordinating with school and district staff and planning for next school year.