Mike Hale became principal of Winburn in July 2019. He has 19 years of experience in education, including 12 years of teaching and coaching at Carroll County, Garrard County, and Bryan Station middle schools. After four years as assistant principal at Shelby County East Middle School, he became the administrative dean at Winburn in 2016. Starting in January 2019, Hale served six months as acting principal at Winburn after the mid-year departure of Whitney Allison. Hale earned a bachelor’s degree in middle grades education and a master’s degree in school leadership from Eastern Kentucky University, and his Rank I in special education from the University of the Cumberlands.