Conway principal takes district post

Gary Logan, the principal at Preston and Florence Mattison Elementary School in Conway, will be joining the North Little Rock School District as the executive director of student-centered support services, starting Dec. 19.

As the executive director of student-centered support services, Logan will be responsible for the direct supervision and evaluation of all student-focused support services. This will include overseeing programs for students with alternative needs, attendance, enrollment and discipline. He will alsooversee all aspects of social-emotional learning and mental health while providing leadership to respond to the needs of the district’s diverse student population.

He will also supervise the following departments: Child Nutrition, Custodial Services, Maintenance, and Transportation.

Logan has been the principal at Mattison Elementary since the 2018-2019 school year. Before that, he served as the assistant principal at Woodrow Cummins Elementary School, also in the Conway School District, for four years.

At Cummins Elementary, he earned recognition as State Assistant Principal of the Year.

Logan’s education career began in the Mayflower School District, where he taught at Mayflower Elementary School. Eventually, he became assistant principal at Mayflower High School.