CANTON — At a special called meeting Wednesday night, the Cherokee County Board of Education named Henry County’s Mary Elizabeth Davis as the sole finalist for school superintendent.
The Cherokee school board plans to vote Feb. 15 to confirm the appointment and set the new superintendent’s start date and contract.
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