Greg Anderson, the Edgefield County School District superintendent, will retire on Dec. 31 because of health issues, School Board Chairman Brad Covar said in a press release Friday.
Anderson previously had served as the District's attorney for 30 years, prior to his selection by the Board as the superintendent three years ago. Anderson will become the director of operations through the end of the year. Dr. Sandra McMullen, a former McCormick County superintendent, will serve in an interim role in Edgefield.
Anderson did a great job, Cover said, and the Board had extended his contract for two years. However, Anderson had not moved toward superintendent certification during the past three years.
There was some confusion over the time frame of earning that designation, said Covar. Anderson was planning to begin that process before his ongoing health issues led him to retire now, he and Covar said. The Board members and the District's legal counselor "consider it now in the District's best interest to employ an interim superintendent with South Carolina credentials," the Board said in the press release.