Principal to take CMS position

CLOVIS — A longtime middle school principal will be elevated to Clovis Municipal School’s director of operations, according to a CMS release.

Loran Hill, who has been principal at Yucca Middle School since 2010, will begin his new positions July 1. The position was created to meet district needs.

Hill has been with the Clovis district since 2003, when he became assistant principal at Marshall Middle School. He was also a teacher and assistant principal at Yucca.

During his time with the district, Hill has aided with creation and maintenance of the district’s facility master plan.

He currently serves as an assistant track coach at Clovis High School, and has also coached football and basketball. He began teaching at Lovington in 1996, a year after he received his bachelor’s degree at Eastern New Mexico University. He earned a master’s degree in 2003 from the University of the Southwest.