Assistant Principal Cody Blair said he felt very blessed when he found out he had
gotten the job of his dreams.

“I was very excited and humbled when I found out,” Blair said.“It’s something I’ve
always wanted to do.”

When Blair first started teaching, a mentor came to observe his teaching and told
him almost immediately what she saw in him.

“I will never forget the first thing she said was that I needed to be a principal,” he
said. “It planted the seed for what I had always wanted to do.”

Blair’s mentor was not the only one to see these qualities.

“He is patient, kind, and he truly cares about the kids,” Vice Principal Rebecca
Hitchcock said. “This makes him a good disciplinary principal.”

Disciplinarian Principal Peter Braveboy said he also sees Blair’s good qualities.

“He is patient and has a cool temperament and he looks at the details before making
a decision,” Braveboy said. “It’s very comforting to see him so relaxed at what he
is doing.”

Hitchcock said that relaxed personality makes it clear Blair in the right job.

“You can tell this is really what he wants and he does a good job,” Hitchcock said.
“He is very organized. One thing he does that I really like is he keeps a note pad to
keep track of everything he did that day, and he saves the sheets.”

Blair says he has learned a lot since becoming a disciplinary principal from the
other principals.

The assistant principal job requires educators to learn a whole new set of skills.

“I’ve shown him basic procedures like calling parents, office referrals, in school
suspension, drills and searches,” Braveboy said. “I can honestly say he handles the
job as if he has done it for years. I’m amazed.”

Students say Blair’s rapport with his students is truly amazing.

“I love hearing about what interests them and how I can help them,” Blair said.
“With teaching you see the students every day, but it’s nice to see students in the
hall and really see how they are doing.”

Blair remembers being in school and how his teachers affected his life.

“I had adults there that really communicated to me and made me feel like a I
mattered,” Blair said. “I think high school is a time where you need someone to play
that part of making an impact on your life like that. Seeing kids be successful is what
I strive to do.”