Staff Report

David Odom has been named South Panola High School ninth-grade principal. Odom will begin his new role on July 1.

Odom, who has served as the SPHS assistant principal since the 2015-16 school year, will take over for Jason Matthews, who is taking over as SPHS principal in July.

Odom has served in the education field for 14 years as a teacher at Olive Branch High School and Batesville Junior High School before being named South Panola School District test coordinator in 2014.

A native of Pope and SPHS alum, Odom earned his bachelor’s and master’s from the University of Mississippi before obtaining his Education Specialist degree from Arkansas State University.

He and his wife, Logan, have been married for 10 years. The couple has one child, a two-year-old daughter named Camille.

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