MCDONOUGH — John Pace III, who was announced Monday as the sole finalist for Henry County School superintendent, comes from the Miami-Dade school system in Florida and is described as a “teacher’s teacher.”
The Henry County Board of Education unanimously approved Pace at a special called meeting Monday.
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