Cox Mill High School

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Cox Mill High School

Scheduled Opening	2009
School type	public school
Principal	Todd Smith
Location	Concord, N.C.
Enrollment	1,000 at opening (estimate)
Athletic Conference	New Cabarrus County conference
Colors	TBD
Nickname	TBD
Rival Schools	Northwest Cabarrus, Robinson
Homepage	TBD

Cox Mill High School will be a comprehensive public high school in Concord, North Carolina. It is scheduled to open with grades 9-11 on August 25, 2009 and will graduate its first senior class in June of 2011.

[edit] Background

In 2006, Cabarrus County officials began looking for land in the western portion of the county for a high school that would alleviate the overcrowding at Northwest Cabarrus High School and Robinson High School. Land was finally found in the burgeoning Cox Mill area of Concord, approximately three miles from the Mecklenburg County line.

On October 8, 2007, the name "Cox Mill High School" was chosen by the Cabarrus County Board of Education over other candidates including "Odell High School," "West Winds High School," and "Bernie Edwards High School" (in honor of the longtime Northwest Cabarrus football coach and Concord mayor). Cabarrus schools superintendent Harold Winkler's name was also considered by the board, but Winkler himself asked that it be removed from consideration.^[1]

On March 21, 2008, Robinson High School principal Todd Smith was named the principal of Cox Mill High School.