GSSA's committee charged with selecting the 2010 Superintendent of the Year has announced the names of the four finalists for this year's award, the winner of which will be named in December.  The four finalists are:

Dr. Gayland Cooper, Superintendent, Rome City Schools

Dr. Sam King, Superintendent, Rockdale County Schools

Dr. Emily Lembeck, Superintendent, Marietta City Schools

Dr. Paul Shaw, Superintendent, White County Schools

The four finalists were chosen from among a field of twenty-one superintendents who had been nominated, three-fourths of them placed in nomination by the members of their local boards of education.  All four finalists will now complete a lengthy document prepared by the American Association of School Administrators -- an "application" of sorts" -- and submit it for a second round of judging.  The winner, who will represent Georgia in the national competition, will be named during the December 4 Awards Luncheon that is part of the annual GSBA/GSSA Winter Conference at the Waverly Hotel in Cobb County.