Hillary Meeler was approved by the Rockdale school board Thursday night to become the next principal of Honey Creek Elementary starting in the 2015-2016 school year.

She is currently the assistant principal at Davis Middle School, where she's worked since 2013. Before that, she was an Instructional Technology and Data Specialist at JH House Elementary for nine years and a PE teacher at Youth Elementary School in Walton County for two years. She is a Class of 2002 graduate of University of Georgia, and has her Masters in education from Troy State University, a specialist in education from Nova Southeastern University and leadership certificate from University of West Georgia.

Current principal Kay Symons will be retiring at the end of the 2014-15 school year. Symons has been principal since 2013 and was an assistant principal at HCE before that.