Tuesday, Nov. 4 is Election Day. Three top races are U.S. Senate, Governor and State Schools Superintendent. WABE has interviewed the candidates in those races.
In the State Schools Superintendent race, Richard Woods is the Republican candidate.
In South Georgia’s Irwin County school system, Woods has been a principal and curriculum director for Kindergarten through fifth grade. But, he spent most of his 22 years there as a high school social studies teacher.
At the beginning of a recent conversation with WABE’s Charles Edwards, Woods began by talking about why it’s important for the next State Schools Superintendent to have teaching experience.