Henry County BOE names chair

Josh Hinton will chair the Henry County Board of Education in 2018.

Josh Hinton will chair the Henry County Board of Education in 2018.

Josh Hinton was named chair of the Henry County Board of Education for 2018 and Holly Cobb was named vice-chair. The action took place at board’s Jan 8 meeting.

The board votes on these two roles every January. Pam Nutt served as chair the past five years. Annette Edwards was last year’s vice-chair. Cobb nominated Hinton for chair and Donna McBride nominated Edwards. The vote for Hinton was 3-2 with Edwards and McBride voting against. Nutt nominated Cobb for vice-chair and Edwards nominated McBride. The vote for Cobb was 3-2 along the same lines.