HOUSTON COUNTY, GA – The Houston County Board of Education approved Superintendent Dr. Robin Hines’ recommendation to name Ron Wilson for the position of Director of Special Programs in the Teaching and Learning Department. He assumed his new job duties on July 1, 2010.

Wilson has been with the Houston County School System for 22 years. He holds an education specialist degree from Cambridge College and master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Fort Valley State University. Prior to this appointment Wilson served as an assistant principal at Lindsey Elementary and Northside Elementary. He taught health and physical education and coached at Perry High, Perry Middle, Northside High and Bonaire Middle.

He is married to Casaundra Wilson, a mathematics teacher and the head girls' basketball coach at Northside High. They have four children - Rochelle, a nurse in Atlanta; Shaun, a former Air Force Sergeant and current engineer in Las Vegas, Nevada; Sade, a Pre-K paraprofessional at Miller Elementary School; and Janay, an interior design major at Georgia Southern. The couple resides in Kathleen.

Wilson replaced two part-time employees, Dave Crockett and Frankie Ross. For more information, contact Wilson at Ronald.Wilson@hcbe.net or (478) 988-6330, extension 10193.

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