The Madison County courthouse is only a mile from the Board of Education office where late superintendent McGhee resigned. (Photo courtesy of Flickr)
Superintendent Mitch McGhee resigned Monday night. The meeting was called after an Athens attorney used an open records request to collect McGhee's work e-mails.
School board chairman Jim Patton says McGhee offered his resignation and will receive three months pay.
The board named Associate Superintendent Allen McCannon as interim superintendent of the 5,000-student school system.
McGhee said after the meeting that he regrets the controversy arising from his personal actions.
