Jackson Free Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former schools superintendent and teacher may soon join the Mississippi State Board of Education.

Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Wednesday he chose Ronnie L. McGehee as one of his appointees to the board. The selection still requires confirmation by the Mississippi Senate.

McGehee currently heads the Mississippi Association of School Administrators and Mississippi Association of Secondary School Principals. He previously served as Madison County Schools Superintendent and before that, in various administrator, teaching, and coaching roles in the Madison County, Rankin County, and Hattiesburg School Districts and in several private schools.

The nine-member board of education oversees the state education department and helps set policy for schools, including for their curricula. McGehee would serve an eight-year term.

“My parents were not formally educated, but they always instilled in me and my brothers the determination to achieve the best education possible, and then go out and help others do the same,” McGehee said in a statement.

McGehee has a doctoral degree in education leadership from Mississippi State University.