The top administrator at the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science said he will leave that job at the end of December, prompting a search for a new school leader.
Germain McConnell has been executive director of the residential high school in Columbus for eight years. On Jan. 1, he will become chief of staff for the Oxford School District.
During a Columbus Rotary Club meeting Tuesday, McConnell said God led him to Columbus to serve at MSMS, but the time has come for him to return to Oxford, the Commercial Dispatch reported.
MSMS is for high-achieving juniors and seniors. It will have 237 students on campus this fall. The Oxford School District has more than 4,500 students.