New Clayton County Public Schools superintendent appointed

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Clayton County Public Schools has a new leader.

On Monday, the Clayton County Board of Education approved Dr. Douglas Hendrix Sr.’s appointment as superintendent and CEO of schools. His contract is three years long.

Hendrix had been serving as interim superintendent since February after the district’s previous superintendent, Anthony Smith, retired.

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Hendrix has his bachelor’s degree in English from Fort Valley State University, his master’s degree from Columbus State University and his doctor of education from Nova Southeastern University, according to his school district biography.

He became the school system’s assistant superintendent in 2017, and in 2023, he was appointed as the district’s senior deputy superintendent and chief of staff.

“Dr. Hendrix’s career reflects a simple throughline: steady leadership in moments that demand it most, an insistence on coherence over noise, and a belief that public education, when led with integrity and discipline, remains one of the most powerful engines of opportunity in American life,” his biography concludes.