Jan Cox

Clovis native and veteran educator Jan Toliver Cox has served the community and the Clovis Municipal Schools (CMS) for decades. A teacher and administrator for 36 years, Cox served on the library board and was a founding member of the Clovis MainStreet Revitalization Board. At CMS, Cox assisted in developing the first comprehensive teacher evaluation system and training all Clovis instructors. Cox (and then principal Shelly Norris) wrote and received the first large grants to fund a comprehensive elementary arts program for the district. Cox taught and later served as principal at Lockwood Elementary. In 1991, she became the first principal of Mesa Elementary for many years, leading the school to achieve numerous awards for excellence, including the first National Blue Ribbon Award for Excellence given to a Clovis school, one of only 243 schools nationwide. After retirement from CMS, Cox continued to support the schools as Executive Director of the CMS Education Foundation and continues to serve on the foundation’s Board of Directors.