Switzerland County, In. — The former principal of South Ripley High School Rod Hite has been introduced as the new superintendent of the Switzerland County School Corporation.
Hite is a 1993 graduate of Switzerland County High School. In 2014 he was named the “Middle School Principal of the Year” for his service at the South Ripley Junior High School. “When I came to South Ripley, they were a ‘D’,” Rod Hite said of the state’s grading system for schools. “We were able to get that to an ‘A’, Four Star School with above 50-percent free and reduced and almost 20-percent special education population. When the results come out again this May, they should be a three-time Four Star School in Indiana, which is being in the top 25-percentile in every category. We’re pretty proud of that.” Hite has held positions in the North Decatur School District and the Richland Beanblossom School Corporation as well.
