The Dougherty County School Board will hold a called meeting at 8:30 a.m. Monday at which time interim Superintendent Butch Mosely is expected to be named as the system’s 15th permanent superintendent.

Mosely, 72, has held the interim job since January 2013 after former superintendent Joshua Murfree stepped down at the end of 2012. In an unrelated development, Murfree on Friday was named as the new intercollegiate athletic director at Fort Valley State University

Two weeks ago, the board officially announced Mosely and Colquitt County School Superintendent Samuel DePaul as the two finalists for the DCSS job.

The Albany Herald, however, has learned that Mosley has the support from the majority of the board members needed to be offered the DCSS position, and that he would like for that vote to be unanimous.

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