0713 Amanda Hood
Amanda Hood has been named principal of Mountain Brook High School.The Mountain Brook Board of Education has appointed Amanda Hood principal of Mountain Brook High School. Former Principal Vic Wilson was recently named superintendent of Hartselle City Schools.
The Board appointed Donald Clayton interim principal of Mountain Brook Junior High. Clayton served this past academic year as an assistant principal at Mountain Brook Junior High School.
Amanda Hood served as principal of Mountain Brook Junior High for the 2012-2013 school year. She previously served as an assistant principal at Mountain Brook High School.
Born and raised in Selma, Hood graduated from Hillcrest High School after her family relocated to Tuscaloosa. She attended Troy State University and received her Ed.S. in educational leadership at the University of Montevallo.
She taught math at Oak Mountain High School, where she coached cheerleading and established the Ambassador program. Hood served as assistant principal for curriculum and instruction at Spain Park High School before joining Mountain Brook Schools.
"We completed a thorough search, including interviewing a number of qualified candidates," said Mountain Brook superintendent Dicky Barlow. "We are confident Amanda is the right person for this job. Her experience and skills, along with her vision for education, will allow her to effectively lead the faculty and staff of our terrific high school."
