Jason Myers, the Knox County Schools administrator charged with fixing long-standing issues in special education, has resigned. Myers is taking a “position in the private sector,” according to news release from the district.
The assistant superintendent of student success will be replaced on an interim basis by Andrew Brown, the senior executive to the superintendent, the district said in the release. Brown will take on the new role Feb. 19.
Last year, Superintendent Jon Rysewyk charged Myers with vastly improving the district’s special education. The superintendent also formed a task force of parents and a teacher to study and make recommendations for improvements.
Myers also oversaw the district’s work to improve some of its most challenged schools in Region 5, plus other student supports and school culture.
Myers worked with the district for over 15 years, starting in 2008 as a teaching assistant at Fulton High School. He transferred to an administrative role in 2013. In 2016, he was appointed as the principal of Knoxville Adaptive Education Center. Two years later in 2018, he was appointed principal of Bearden High School.