FORT SMITH - A Fort Smith Public Schools administrator is getting high acclaim from colleagues across the state this week. Brad Ray, current Assistant Principal at Northside High School, has been named as the Assistant Principal of the Year.
The honor came from the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators.
Based in Little Rock, the AAEA was incorporated over 30 years ago with the goal of seeking continual improvement in the quality of education and educational leadership in Arkansas.
Ray is currently the President-Elect of the Arkansas Association of Secondary School Principals. He came to FSPS in 2010, serving as the Director of the Belle Point Alternative Center before assuming his role at Northside in 2013. Prior to working for the District, he spent 12 years in the Plano, Texas Independent School District and in Arkansas at Danville, Alma, and Cedarville Public School Districts. Ray graduated from Fort Smith’s Southside High School and attended Ouachita Baptist University where he received his Bachelor’s degree in Education. He has his Master’s in Education from Arkansas Tech University and is currently working on his educational specialist degree.