Schools

Hillview Principal Retires

Mike Melton announced his decision on Wednesday.

Principal Mike Melton Wednesday night announced his retirement, effective June 30, 2012.

Melton worked almost 40 years in the education industry and decided that the time had come. 

“My wife Nancy has been waiting 38 years to have me home, and we are both extremely excited about the new adventures that lie before us,” Melton said of the reasons he chose to retire. 

Melton said his experiences at the have been a “privilege and a pleasure” both professionally and personally.

“I could not finish my educational tenure from an education community finer than ,” he said.

It is not clear who will succeed him at this time. 

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