Mickle Jr. HighlMiddle School was named for the longtime principal at Northeast High School, Robin S. Mickle. A member of Lincoln’s school system for 31 years, Mr. Mickle was principal of Jackson High when it was annexed in 1927. He continued in that position until 1941 when he became a counselor at the new Northeast. In 1945 he was appointed Northeast’s principal, a post he held until his death in 1957.
In September of 1993, Mickle began the process of becoming a middle school. Sixth graders entered Mickle and ninth graders left.
