Joshua Mallory will be the principal for the new Wayne School of Technical Arts on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. During its monthly meeting this week, the Wayne County Board of Education approved the hire. Mallory is currently the assistant principal of Knightdale High School of Collaborative Design.

He began his career in education in 2007 as an English & Language Arts teacher at Pasquotank High School in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. He transitioned to school administration in 2013 as the assistant principal at Bertie High School. The following year he served as the assistant principal at Bertie Middle School.

In 2015, he was named assistant principal at William G. Enloe Magnet High School in Wake County. In 2019, he was named assistant principal at Knightdale High School of Collaborative Design. Mallory holds a bachelor’s degree in English education and a master’s degree in school administration.

No official date has been set for Mallory’s start date. The Wayne School of Technical Arts is scheduled to open in August 2022.