PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Pike County Central High School has a new principal, and the school didn’t have to look too far to find him.

Dr. Timothy Cline was hired as principal by the school’s site-based council Tuesday night.

Cline has been the school’s vice principal since last year. Before that, he was an English teacher, first in Floyd County for a year, and then in Pike County.

Cline is the fifth principal in the school’s history, and the first who once was a student at the school.