Andrew Jackson to run for District 3 Board of Education

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Andrew Jackson, former teacher and principal in the Wilkes County school system, has announced his intention to qualify as a candidate for the District 3 seat on the Wilkes County Board of Education.

Jackson is a native of Wilkes County and served the community for the past 34 years until his recent retirement in June of 2007. He graduated in 1969 from Washington Central High School and earned his B.S. degree from Paine College in 1973. He received a Master of Education and Leadership degree from Augusta College in 1995.

He taught for two years at Washington Wilkes Primary School and then moved to the high school where he became the head of the social studies department. He taught social studies for 19 years before going into administration. He served as an assistant for eight years and became principal in 2002. He served in that position for fiveyears.

He is a member of Springfield Baptist Church and a local Gideon. He is married to Dyann Benson Jackson and they have two adult children, Kimberly and Byron.

Jackson was nominated by the state department of education as a "high performance principal" in 2007. He is the son of the late John Henry Jackson, a former principal, and the late Hattie Walton Jackson.