Rome City Schools named Lou Byars its new Superintendent on Tuesday morning.
Byars has served as Interim Superintendent since Mike Buck left last September due to family issues.
The final two candidates for the position were Byars and Bobby Virgil Cole, assistant superintendent of Henry County Schools.
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Rome City School officials confirmed that the system received 46 applicants vying to become the next Superintendent.
A Georgia School Board Association team will now evaluate the applications and rate them on how they compare to the qualifications set by the Rome City Board of Education.
Following the evaluations, the Rome BOE will be given the results and listing of the applicants that best suit what the board is looking for.
At that point the board will begin their interview process.
Applicant’s consisted of 13 from Georgia, two from Tennessee, 15 from Alabama and the others from across the U.S.
The original plan was to have a permanent replacement by January, but it appears that it may take a little longer.
Interim Superintendent Lou Byars took over for Michael Buck who left in September because of family reasons.
Byars was serving as the system’s chief operations officer when he took over.
Byars did apply for the permanent superintendent position as well.
He added that if he is not chosen as superintendent, he hopes to resume his position as chief operations officer.
