Outgoing Principal Heads to Valdosta

His official resignation accepted by the school board, Principal Jay Floyd is set to go to south Georgia to head "one of the top schools in the state."

Lowndes County's school board Monday named Floyd the new principal of Lowndes High School, the Valdosta Daily Times reports. Floyd will replace current principal, Wes Taylor, the system's next superintendent.

“Lowndes High School definitely has a reputation for being one of the top schools in the state,” Floyd said, according to the newspaper. “With the community support and everything I know about Lowndes County schools, it was definitely on the top of my list for schools I knew I was going to be interested in.”

Floyd in January he would not be back in the fall as principal. While he's said little publicly about , Floyd last year cited a personal decision to stay in Bartow County in with the Chattooga County school system, according to . He was .

Floyd, also CHS assistant principal for two years, increased graduation rates, doubled the number of students in advanced placement and honors classes and established one of the highest attendance rates in the state, according to the Valdosta Daily Times.

Steven Butler, now principal of Cobb County's Oakwood Digital Academy, . He beat out four other candidates, previously serving as a teacher, assistant principal and department head prior to a stint as principal of the alternative school in Marietta.