The GSSA selection committee, which is made up of past Superintendent of the Year state winners, reviewed nearly 20 nominations received from local boards of education, staff, and RESA’s. Their job was to narrow the field to the top four candidates that will now compete through the AASA application process. After a lengthy discussion, the difficult task of selecting four top candidates from such an outstanding group of nominees became very evident. Carroll County Schools Superintendent Mr. Scott Cowart was recommended by the committee as one of the top four finalists. All of the final four candidates will now work through the AASA (national) level highly challenging application process. After which a single finalist will be named to represent Georgia at the national level at the GSSA/GSBA winter conference in December.