John Culbreath has a funny notion about retirement.

That is, when he can make a retirement stick.

The former Dougherty County school superintendent is as busy as he ever was during his education career, which spanned more than three decades from Cuthbert to his hometown of Monroe to Athens to Albany, and from the classroom to the principal's office to superintendent to interim dean of a department at Albany State University.

But earlier this month, he took an hour to talk with me about a wide range of topics, primarily about education. We met at Carter's Grill, where for more than four decades Albany residents and many others have dined on some truly Southern cuisine.

After going through the cafeteria-style line, he found a table off to the side of the dining area. We chatted between mouthfuls of baked chicken (Culbreath) and meat loaf (me).

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