Lipscomb reitres as LOA board chair; Tompkins ascends

  • Vice chair of the LOA Board of Governors Michael Tompkins was elected as the new chairman at the board’s regular meeting on Monday, July 18. MARK ENGEL/Staff
    Vice chair of the LOA Board of Governors Michael Tompkins was elected as the new chairman at the board’s regular meeting on Monday, July 18. MARK ENGEL/Staff
  • LOA testing coordinator Chrishandra Perkins explains results of the NWEA exams taken by students at the end of last school year. MARK ENGEL/Staff
    LOA testing coordinator Chrishandra Perkins explains results of the NWEA exams taken by students at the end of last school year. MARK ENGEL/Staff

    Longtime chairman of the Lake Oconee Academy Board of Governors, Mark Lipscomb, has retired from the governing body for Greene County’s charter school.

    At Monday’s monthly meeting, Vice Chairman Michael Tompkins was voted in by the board as the new chairman. Board member Sarah Peacock will be the new vice chair. “We appreciate the many,

    “We appreciate the many, many things that he’s done since 2005 …