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Georgia’s largest school district is bringing one of its own home to take over as superintendent after board members ousted a longtime leader.
The Gwinnett County Board of Education voted 5-0 Thursday to name Calvin Watts as its sole finalist to become the district’s superintendent.
Watts has been superintendent of the 26,000-student Kent, Washington, school district since 2015. But before that, Watts worked for 13 years in Gwinnett County as the district sprawled to its current 177,000 students, rising from assistant principal at an elementary school to assistant superintendent for school improvement and operations.
“I proudly accept this opportunity to serve as your next superintendent,” Watts told school board members during a Thursday night meeting via videoconference. “I look forward to seeing you and working with you very soon.”