School board changes payment package for CHS head coach

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On: February 25, 2010

The Polk School District Board of Education met in a special called session Tuesday at Central Office on College Street in Cedartown. Superintendent Marvin Williams recommended to the board that the salary package for the new Cedartown High School Head Football, Scott Hendrix be changed. The board had previously approved a package that included a reduction in the head coaching supplement. The board voted to give the new head coach the full head coaching supplement along with the athletic director supplement. The next regular meeting for the school board will be Tuesday, March 9 at central office on College Street in Cedartown.

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