HENRY COUNTY, Va. (Romero Report) — The Henry County School Board approved to fill five administrative positions for the 2024-2025 academic year at their May 2 meeting.

Marcie Seay, currently the principal at Axton Elementary School, has been appointed Director of Student Support Services.

Seay joined Henry County Public Schools in 1998 and has served as an elementary and secondary teacher, administrative intern, and elementary principal.

Jo Ellen Hylton will return to Henry County schools as Principal at Meadow View Elementary School.

Hylton brings more than 15 years of educational leadership experience in HCPS, having previously served as principal at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.

She spent the past two years as Director of Human Resources in Danville Public Schools.

David “Marty” Ingram will succeed Seay as Principal at Axton Elementary School.

A veteran educator, Ingram will be relocating from Albemarle, North Carolina, where he served as an elementary and middle school teacher, literacy facilitator, and secondary assistant principal.

He is currently the assistant principal at Albemarle Middle School.

Michael Minter, Jr., has been named Principal at Bassett High School.

Minter is currently the Director of Career and Technical Education and the Career Academy and has served in various roles over the past two decades, including secondary teacher, athletic director, high school assistant principal, coordinator of regional alternative, and director of assessment.

Eric Ross will assume the role of Principal at Stanleytown Elementary School.

Ross has held numerous positions within Henry County schools, from special population paraprofessional to teacher and administrator.

He is currently the assistant principal at G.W. Carver Elementary School.

These appointments will be effective July 1.