Ben Fritz Lighting the Path to Success
Sasha Bush
The Ashland Beacon
With summertime coming to an end and school back in session, everyone is beginning to adjust to new schedules and waking up in the early hours of the morning. With every new school year comes changes to teachers, classes and leadership. Boyd County High School was excited to get the 2023/2024 school year going as they welcomed their new principal, Ben Fritz to the Lions’ administrative lineup. Fritz will be replacing former principal Tom Holbrook as BCHS's newest principal. Fritz is very excited about this opportunity and can’t wait to build off the foundations that former principal Holbrook had put into motion.
Fritz is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University and has a BBA in marketing. Serving the needs of our youth and being a positive influence on our educational system is something that Fritz has been very passionate about for quite some time. Before coming to Boyd County High School, Fritz taught business classes and served as East Carter High School’s Assistant Principal for several years. Fritz’s resume also includes working closely with the Department of Education as an Educational Recovery Leader for several regions within the state of Kentucky.
Fritz’s background also includes several years of coaching. Anyone who knows Fritz, whether it be from his days of coaching or from one of his previous jobs within our educational system, agrees that Fritz is someone who will fight for the needs of our children and do everything within his power to ensure that success follows them.
Living in Carter County with his family, Fritz spends much of his free time on the ball fields at Grayson’s sports park. Robert Donta, a close family friend, both on and off the field, was elated to hear his buddy had been given the opportunity to be Boyd County High School’s new principal. Donta shared on Facebook, “I have teased this guy (Ben Fritz) for the last four years that we would turn him into a Boyd County Lion. Now that has become a reality. Boyd County made a great hire for principal. Ben Fritz will not only care for each of those children like his own, but he won’t put up with no nonsense. Welcome to the Lions family!”
The students at Boyd County High School are certainly in for a great school year ahead of them. With Fritz at the helm and his positive attitude, the success of Boyd County High School, students and staff is inevitable. Fritz hopes to instill a desire to work as team and make Boyd County High School the best place it can be through the team effort. Fritz shared on Friend of Boyd County High School’s Facebook page, "As the new principal at BCHS, I am looking forward to getting to know all of you and working together to make this a great school year. I feel extremely fortunate to be starting my 18th year in education, having served in many roles and locations. I can say without a shadow of a doubt that I feel at home here at BCHS.”
