WS/FCS Board of Education to hold special called meeting on March 26
to choose new superintendent
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education will hold a special called meeting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 26, to choose a new superintendent to lead the district. The meeting will be held in the auditorium of the Education Building, 4801 Bethania Station Road in Winston-Salem.
The meeting will be followed by a series of events Tuesday and Wednesday to introduce the new superintendent to the community, including a public forum at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27, in the auditorium of the Education Building.
Superintendent Don Martin announced last fall that he would retire on June 30. The board has been using a timeline to hire his successor that was developed with the help of the N.C. School Boards Association, which the board hired in November as a search consultant. Board members began interviewing candidates in February, and finalists were interviewed in early March.
The next superintendent will be the sixth superintendent to serve the district since the city and county school systems merged in 1963-64. Previous superintendents were Marvin Ward (1963-75); James Adams (1976-82); Zane Eargle (1982-88); Larry Coble (1989-1993); and Don Martin (1994-2013).
A press conference will be held immediately after Tuesday’s meeting, and the new superintendent and board members will be available to take questions. In addition to the press conference, the board has planned this schedule for the new superintendent:
Tuesday, March 26
10 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Board of Education Special Called Meeting
(Education Building, 4801 Bethania Station Road, Winston-Salem)
10:15 a.m. – 11 a.m. Press Conference
(Education Building, 4801 Bethania Station Road, Winston-Salem)
11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Luncheon with Forsyth County Commissioners and community groups
(Education Building, 4801 Bethania Station Road, Winston-Salem)
6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Regular meeting of the WS/FC Board of Education
(Education Building, 4801 Bethania Station Road, Winston-Salem)
Wednesday, March 27
7 a.m. – 8 a.m. Visit East Forsyth Middle School
(810 Bagley Drive, Kernersville)
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Visit the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce
(411 W. Fourth Street, Suite 211, Winston-Salem)
9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Visit Carver High School
(3545 Carver School Road, Winston-Salem)
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Visit Diggs-Latham Elementary School
(986 Hutton Street, Winston-Salem)
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Visit Hanes and Lowrance middle schools
(2900 Indiana Avenue, Winston-Salem)
2 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Visit West Forsyth High School
(1735 Lewisville-Clemmons Road, Clemmons)
2:50 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Visit Southwest Elementary School
(1631 Southwest School Drive, Clemmons)
7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Community Forum
(Education Building, 4801 Bethania Station Road, Winston-Salem)
The community forum also will be televised live on Cable 2, which can be seen on Time-Warner Cable Channel 2.
