Newly appointed Clarke County School Superintendent Robbie Hooker will host a series of town hall meetings over the next month. The forums are scheduled for Nov. 1 at Clarke Central High School, Nov. 7 at the Rocksprings Community Center, Nov. 14 at the Nellie B Community Center, Nov. 17 at Cedar Shoals High School, Nov. 30 at New Grove Baptist Church and Dec. 5 at the Pinewoods Estates library. All meetings will run from 6–7 p.m.
Hooker replaced the retired Xernona Thomas on Oct. 10 after the school board officially hired him Sept. 1. He previously served as superintendent of the Social Circle school system, assistant superintendent in Henry County, principal at Clarke Central and Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School, and a teacher at Coile Middle School, where he was named teacher of the year in 1995-96. He was also named Georgia high school principal of the year in 2013.
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