...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...Portions of central Georgia, east central Georgia, north
central Georgia, northeast Georgia and west central Georgia,
including the following counties, in central Georgia, Baldwin,
Bibb, Butts, Crawford, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Peach,
Putnam, Twiggs and Wilkinson. In east central Georgia, Glascock,
Greene, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson, Taliaferro, Warren,
Washington and Wilkes. In north central Georgia, Clayton, Fayette,
Henry, Morgan, Newton, Rockdale and Walton. In northeast Georgia,
Clarke, Oconee and Oglethorpe. In west central Georgia,
Chattahoochee, Coweta, Harris, Heard, Lamar, Macon, Marion,
Meriwether, Muscogee, Pike, Schley, Spalding, Talbot, Taylor,
Troup and Upson.
* WHEN...Through this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Extensive
street flooding and flooding of creeks and rivers are possible.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- A frontal boundary will be the focus for additional waves of
showers and thunderstorms across north and central Georgia
through early Monday morning. Additional rainfall totals of 1
to 3 inches are expected, with locally higher amounts over 3
inches possible. These amounts will occur on top of
widespread heavy rainfall that has already fallen.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
&&
COVINGTON — The Newton County Board of Education has hired the Georgia School Boards Association to conduct a search for a successor to Superintendent Samantha Fuhrey, who plans to retire at the end of June.
Dr. Sam King, director of Board Development and Superintendent Search Service for GSBA, will lead the search. He serves as a director on the GSBA Executive Team and is the former superintendent for Rockdale County Public Schools.
The cost of the superintendent search contract is based on school size. The Newton BOE will pay $10,000 for the search based on an enrollment of 18,700.
School board Chair Shakila Henderson-Baker said the GSBA will be responsible for soliciting and processing applications, receiving recommendations and evaluating candidates before presenting “candidates appropriate for consideration.”
According to the GSBA website, GSBA “helps school boards by responding to requests for information, establishing a search timeline, seeking community input, establishing selection criteria, advertising the announcement of vacancy, checking references, providing interview training, facilitating candidate interviews and finalizing the selection process.” The local school board will retains control of the final hiring decision.
GSBA is currently conducting superintendent searches for Monroe and Pickens counties.
Henderson-Baker said the BOE will strive to keep the community apprised throughout the process, to the extent possible under Georgia law.
“We, as a board, have elected to be as transparent as possible with the community regarding the process for hiring our next superintendent,” said Henderson-Baker. “Because hiring is an executive session function, there will be certain things we cannot release. But when we can release information, we will most definitely remain transparent to the community.”
Of Newton County’s three previous school superintendents, two have been hired from within the system. Dr. Steven Whatley was hired in 2006 after serving as an associate superintendent in the school system. Whatley retired in 2010 and was succeeded by Dr. Gary Mathews, who came to Newton County from Virginia. Mathews retired in 2013 and was succeeded by Fuhrey, who had held several administrative positions in the school system.
Both Mathews and Fuhrey were identified as top candidates for the position through searches conducted by the GSBA.
I have been editor of the Rockdale Citizen since 1996 and editor of the Newton Citizen since it began publication in 2004. I am also currently executive editor of the Clayton News Daily, Henry Daily Herald and Jackson Progress-Argus.
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