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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Applications Begin Trickling in for Superintendent of Oconee Schools

At a work session Monday, Oconee County Board of Education Chairman David Weeks gave an update about the search for a superintendent to replace John Jackson, who is retiring.

Six applicants hoping to be the next superintendent of Oconee County Schools have already submitted their paperwork. That's the latest information on the search for John Jackson's replacement, according to Oconee County Board of Education Chairman David Weeks. Jackson announced in September he will retire at the close of the school year. The vacancy is posted on the Georgia School Boards Association's website with instructions on how to apply. As of last week, the GSBA had received the six applications and many more are expected, especially near the end of the application process, Weeks said at a work session Monday. Wayne County saw a surge from 12 to 45 applications during the final week of its application process, Weeks said he was told…

Friday, October 21, 2011

School Board Establishes Timeline for Superintendent Search

The completion of the search is slated for mid-March.

If all goes as tentatively planned, Oconee County Schools will have a new superintendent by mid-March of 2012. Superintendent John Jackson announced in September he will retire at the close of the school year.  He made the announcement early in the year to give the Board sufficient time to secure a replacement, he said. Along with a newly contracted consultant from the Georgia School Boards Association (GSBA), the Oconee County Board of Education held a called meeting Wednesday to lay out the parameters of the search. The Board chose Chairman David Weeks to serve as the contact between the Board and the GSBA and agreed administrative assistant Deborah Epps would be the staff contact that would provide the GSBA with district information. …

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