The Clayton County school board is expected to officially name the district's new superintendent Monday. The board is scheduled to vote on whether to appoint Edmond Heatley the leader of the 48,000-student district in Atlanta's southern suburbs during a specially called meeting. Heatley was named the only finalist from a pool of 60 candidates two weeks ago, but state law requires that the board wait 14 days to vote on his appointment.
Heatley is a retired Marine and superintendent of the Chino Valley Unified School District in California. The Clayton district just won back accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools after nine months
without it.
without it.
(Associated Press)
