| SUPERINTENDENTS & PRINCIPALS OF CENTER SCHOOLS |
IN THE LATE 1800 AND EARLY 1900 DATES OF TENURE FOR PRINCIPALS AND SUPERINTENDENTS ARE SKETCHY. IN THE 1880S, THE SCHOOL HAD ONLY PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANTS. THE FIRST ENTRY OF A SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IS MADE IN 1892. THE DATES SHOWN BELOW ARE ESTIMATES BASED UPON FINDINGS OF J. B. SANDERS AND CONTACT WITH PERSONEL FROM CENTER SCHOOL SYSTEM. IN 1903 RECORDS OF HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ARE RECORDED. IN 1963 A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WAS NAMED AND INCLUDED GRADES SEVEN & EIGHT. GRADES FIVE AND SIX WERE DESIGNATED AS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL AND GRADES NINE, TEN, ELEVEN AND TWELVE AS HIGH SCHOOL. IN 1989 A PRINCIPAL FOR F. L. MOFFETT PRIMARY SCHOOL WAS NAMED, AND AS OF THAT DATE THROUGH TODAY THE SCHOOLS ARE DEFINED AS:
F. L. MOFFETT PRIMARY SCHOOL - GRADES PRE-K THRU 2
CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - GRADES 3 THRU 4
C. H. DANIELS SCHOOL (CENTER INTERMEDIAE SCHOOL) - GRADES 5 THRU 6
CENTER JR. HIGH SCHOOL - GRADE 7 THRU 8
CENTER HIGH SCHOOL - GRADE 9 THRU 12
| SUPERINTENDENTS |
| 1892-1897 | F. P. MARSHALL | 1900-1910 | A. E. DAY |
| 1910-1914 | M. M. DUPREE | 1914-1916 | OSCAR J. RUSHING |
| 1916-1917 | GEORGE ADAMS | 1917-1921 | M. B. BROWN |
| 1921-1924 | A. E. DAY | 1924-1926 | W. W. BENNETT |
| 1926-1967 | F. L. MOFFETT | 1967-1970 | LUTHER PEARSON |
| 1970-1973 | FRANK RHOLES | 1973-1981 | S. D. FLETCHER |
| 1981-1985 | JOE ELLIS | 1985-1994 | H. A. HALVORSON, JR. |
| 1994-1999 | AL CHANCE |
| PRINCIPALS - HIGH SCHOOL |
1881 |
G. N. LASSITER | 1882 |
W.C. HUNTINGTON, SR. |
1888 |
C. H. HOBBS | 1889 |
W. P. HAYES |
| 1891-1892 | MISS MISSOURI GARRETT | 1892-1897 | C. B. FARRINGTON |
|
LOUIS BRYAN | 1903 |
W. H. RUSHING |
1907 |
WILL HURST | 1908-1910 |
MR. YOUNGBLOOD |
| 1914-1917 | H.T. BURTON | 1917-1926 | EMMITT BUSSEY |
| 1926-1944 | F. P. MARSHALL | 1922-1923 | F. L. MOFFETT |
| 1926-1944 | A. E. DAY | 1944-1947 | R. J. EDDINS |
| 1947-1962 | R. E. MALONE | 1962-1964 | CHESTER MC LEROY |
| 1968-1969 | TONY DE MARE | 1969-1970 | DONALD STEVENS |
| 1970-1971 | EDWIN ROBERSON | 1971-1974 | JACKIE CANNON |
| 1974-1985 | JACKIE M. HILTON | 1985-1987 | GUY T. HARRISON |
| 1987-1989 | RONAL D. SULLIVAN | 1989-1991 | PETER CAMERON |
| 1991-1998 | DR. CHARLENE CROCKER | 1998-1999 | HOBY HOLDER |
| PRINCIPALS - JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL |
| 1963-1965 | ORAN B. WHEELER | 1965-1969 | RUSSEL WHITESIDE |
| 1969-1983 | DENNY ADAMS | 1983-1986 | BOBBY L. LEE |
| 1986-1995 | LYNDON G. JOBE | 1995-1999 | PAUL P. GIANANDREA |
| PRINCIPALS-ELEMENTARY/GRADE SCHOOLS |
1900-1910 |
B. F. WHITESIDE | 1926-1934 | JEFF E. SAMFORD |
| 1934-1963 | ORAN B. WHEELER | 1964-1965 | FLOYD WATSON |
| 1968-1970 | CHESTER MC LEROY | 1968-1970 | BOBBY STANLEY |
| 1970-1983 | DENTON HALEY | 1970-1983 | YONDELL BARR |
| C. H. DANIELS | 1983-1987 | WILLIAM DENTON HALEY | |
| 1987-1989 | MARGARET HATHORN | 1989-1991 | LYNN HOOPER |
| 1991-1996 | DOUGLAS C. DUGAT | 1996-1997 | DEANNA THOMPSON |
| 1997-1999 | MARGIE BLOUT |
| PRINCIPALS - INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS |
| 1983-1994 | JAMES ROBERT ALLEN | 1994-1995 | DEANNA THOMPSON |
| 1995-1999 | ROBERT D. ANDERSON |
| PRINCIPALS - PRIMARY SCHOOLS |
| 1989-1997 | MARGARET A. HATHORN | 1997-1998 | DEANNA THOMPSON |