Dr. Cecil Snead, the new superintendent of Orange County Schools, will speak to the Lake of the Woods Democratic Club Feb. 13 on his expectations for the public school division.
The meeting will take place at 1:30 p.m. in Classroom A of the LOW Community Center. The meeting is open to the public without regard to political affiliation.
Snead, 51, became superintendent of the 5,000-student division in July 2018, succeeding Dr. Brenda Tanner, who retired. He had been superintendent of Buckingham County Public Schools for six years.
He holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics education from Virginia Tech, a master’s degree from Radford University and a doctorate in education from Virginia Tech. He taught math and computer science in Floyd and Montgomery counties before taking on administration positions in Montgomery County and later in Roanoke County.
Snead’s wife, Sherrie, is a retired English teacher. The couple has three daughters, the youngest of whom is a third-year student at the University of Virginia.