Edward Oscar (EO) McCowen, County Superintendent - 1925

Inscription in the 1925 yearbook

To Mr. McCowen, we wish to express our deepest thanks and appreciation for his influential work in helping secure for us this high school building which we are now using.  It is due to the expenditure of much of his time and energy that the people were brought to the realization of the need of a high school in this immediate vicinity.  We feel that the services Mr. McCowen has rendered this community in aiding in the construction of this educational institution are indeed very great.

The position that we now know as Superintendent was often referred in many different ways.  For many years, the high school principal was called "Supervising Principal," and that person acted as both Superintendent and Principal.  The only exception that could be located was the 1930 - 1931 school year.  Pearley Gaskill was reported in a newspaper article as Superintendent, and Harry Bitzer was reported as High School Principal.  

In 1956, the positions of Superintendent and High School Principal were divided and given to two different people.  At that time the Superintendent's title was "Executive Head."

The first administrator to be given the title, Local Superintendent, was William Phillis.