Collier feels at home as interim superintendent

W.S. Neal High School graduate says she would be honored to lead school system

The Escambia County Board of Education recently named Brewton native Michele Collier Interim Superintendent following the departure of Michele McClung, whom Collier has served as assistant superintendent under for the last couple of years.

Growing up in Brewton, Collier attended Pollard-McCall Junior High School her elementary school years through the seventh grade. She went to W.S. Neal Middle School from eighth grade thru 12 grade, after begging her mom to let her go for her eighth grade year so she could play in flute, piccolo and eventually teaching herself to play bass clarinet through he...