The SCCPSS school board will reconvene on Wednesday for its first meeting of 2021, and COVID-19 and the return to in-person learning are expected to be big topics.
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Julie Wade has for the past decade worked with two Savannah Chatham County Public School superintendents and other school board members toward some great turnarounds for the schools and district.
But that 10-year tenure is coming to a close. Wade announced in November 2019 that she would not seek re-election to the school board when her term expired in 2020. “I’ve served for ten years and it’s time for someone else to take over the District 1 seat,” Wade said last year.