Kathy Anderson installed as SCSBA Region 3 Director
COLUMBIA – Kathy Anderson, secretary of the Georgetown County School District (GCSD) board, was installed as Region 3 (consisting of Berkeley and Georgetown counties) director of the South Carolina School Board Association’s (SCSBA) board during Delegate Assembly, SCSBA’s annual business meeting. The gathering was held Saturday, Dec. 2, in Charleston.
Anderson joins seven others elected to the SCSBA board by delegates hailing from the state’s 73 school boards.
The others include:
· President, Michele Branning, Fort Mill School District
· President-elect, Charles Govan, Darlington County School District
· Secretary/Treasurer, Tim Rhodes, Abbeville County School District
· Region 2 Director, Darlene Roberson, Charleston County School District
· Region 7 Director, Gary Porth, Calhoun County School District
· Region 8 Director, Cheryl Harris, Richland School District One
· Region 15 Director, Glenda Morrison-Fair, Greenville County School District
In addition to the election of association officers, delegates adopted and deleted resolutions to guide the association during the 2024 legislative session.
Anderson taught high school in Georgetown County for 33 years, 31 of which were at Andrews High School and two of which were at Georgetown High School. She retired in 2020 and was then elected to the Georgetown County School Board in a special election in March of 2022. She completed the term of a board member who resigned. She was re-elected in Nov. 2023. Anderson came out of retirement to teach at Coastal High School, a public charter school in Myrtle Beach.
She holds a bachelor's degree from Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania and a master's degree from Lesley University in Massachusetts.
Anderson and her husband Herb live in Georgetown with their five dogs.
The South Carolina School Boards Association is a non-profit organization serving as a source of information and as a statewide voice for boards governing the state’s 73 school districts.