From the Trussville Tribune staff reports
Today the Alabama Board of Education selected Eric Mackey, the executive director for the School Superintendents of Alabama, as the Alabama Department of Education Superintendent, according the Hoover Sun.
Mackey won the position over Hoover schools Superintendent Kathy Murphy and Jefferson County Superintendent Craig Pouncey.
The state school board spent an hour interviewing each of the finalists before rating and voting on a top pick with ballots. The board voted 8-1 to appoint Mackey to the job.
Ivey said a contract will be negotiated and presented to the board for approval on May 10. She asked Mackey if he would be ready to go to work on May 14, and he said yes.
