School Board has new chairman in Cantrell

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard

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The leadership of the Warren County School Board was reorganized Thursday night as board member Edd Cantrell was elected chairman.

Cantrell replaces Mike Holland, who has served as board chairman the past two years.

“Mike has done an excellent job. He’ll be a tough act to follow,” said Cantrell. “I’ll do the best I can in following board policies and doing what is best for the school system.

“My biggest concern is our students and our faculty. We have an excellent board and an excellent director. We have worked well together and I expect that will continue.”

Cantrell was nominated by fellow board member Larry Judkins, after member David Sneed suggested the chairmanship be rotated among board members on a yearly basis. Sneed was elected vice chairman.

No stranger to the education field, Cantrell spent over 30 years as a classroom teacher, coach and administrator, most of it in the local school system. He retired in 1995 after five years as the head principal at Warren County High School.

He was appointed to the School Board by the County Commission in 1999 to fill the vacancy left by then-member Jim Mansfield’s death. He was elected to the board in his own right in 2000.