ECS hires McClenny as new career tech principal

At the Oct. 27 Enterprise City Schools Board of Education meeting the school system named Cami McClenny the new principal at the Enterprise Career and Technology Center.

McClenny – a Dothan native – graduated from Northview High School in 1993 and earned a bachelor’s degree in business education from Troy University in 1997. She also earned her master’s degree in school counseling from Troy-Dothan. McClenny also holds a certification in educational leadership from Auburn-Montgomery.

She began teaching at Enterprise High School in 2000 as a computer teacher and then began serving as a guidance counselor at EHS in 2003. She has been a counselor at EHS ever since.

“It was a deep field of applicants,” Enterprise Superintendent Greg Faught said. “The people we chose to interview had a lot of experience in the area of career tech, but Cami has been in the guidance office at the high school for many years, so she’s worked very closely with our career tech department at ECTC since she’s been there.

“So, she’s got a strong background in career and technology and she really just stood out in the interview. We’ve known Cami for a long time, and we’re very comfortable with her leading that school.”

McClenny also spoke to the board about being hired.

“I would like to thank Mr. Faught and the Board of Education for granting me this opportunity to lead as principal of ECTC,” McClenny said. “There are many others to thank, but in fear of leaving someone out I’ll just leave it at that.

“I began my career with career technical education in high school. I was lucky enough to have taken a couple of business classes, joined FBLA and later the cooperative education program where I was given the opportunity to work at Sony Magnetic Incorporated in the human resources department my senior year. Little did I know that my future was being planned way back then.”

McClenny recalled signing her first contract with ECS back in 1997 and the way longtime superintendent Thad Morgan joked with her.

“When I went to sign my contract with Rick Rainer and then-superintendent Thad Morgan, Mr. Morgan reviewed my resume and said, ‘Graduated from Northview and interned at Daleville. Were there no other applicants?’ Thank goodness he took a chance on a little girl from Dothan that day,” McClenny remembered. “David Carter followed it up by asking me if after being a Northview Cougar could I be a Wildcat? To which, I replied ‘If he would sign my paycheck after being a struggling student for several years, I would bleed blue and white.’

“I haven’t looked back. I absolutely love Enterprise, and more specifically, Enterprise High School, and most specifically, Enterprise’s students. The part that I have loved the most about guidance is helping students plan their futures, and for this reason I am so incredibly excited about my new position at the career tech center. I get to continue doing what I love, just on a bigger scale.”

McClenny said that she plans to continue building on the success that former ECTC Principal Leigh Shiver – who recently accepted a position at Enterprise State Community College – and her staff previously achieved.

“I am committed to continuing to build programs at ECTC that will equip our students to join the workforce or go to college,” McClenny said. “I ask for your prayers as I start this new endeavor, and I welcome your comments, thoughts and concerns any time now or in the future. Ya’ll come see me at the ECTC.”