The Vance County Board of Education Monday night approved Dr. Brad Jones as the new principal at Eaton-Johnson Middle School and Mr. Kristian Herring as the new principal at Zeb Vance Elementary School.
Jones and Herring will begin their new duties on October 1.
Jones has been the principal at Cedar Grove Elementary School in Nash County since July 2012. He also served as a middle school principal at Rocky Mount Preparatory School from July 2010 to June 2012. Prior to holding that position, he was a middle school assistant principal in Alamance-Burlington and Halifax County schools. He began his career in 1999 as a high school social studies teacher. Jones has taught in Johnston, Wake, Edgecombe, Caswell and Vance county schools. He received a doctorate of education degree in 2015 from N.C. State University, a master’s degree in school administration in 2005 from East Carolina University and a bachelor’s of science degree in history in 1999 from East Carolina University.
Herring most recently has served as the interim principal and assistant principal at Red Oak Middle School in Nash County. Additional experience includes assistant principal’s positions at G.W. Bulluck Elementary School, West Edgecombe Middle School and Southwest Edgecombe High School, all in Edgecombe County. He began a career in education in August of 2005 as a choral music educator in Wilson County and then in Edgecombe County schools. Herring received a master’s degree in school administration in May of 2011 from East Carolina University, an associate in applied science degree in paralegal technology in May 2004 from Wilson Community College and a bachelor of arts degree in sociology in December of 2002 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.