State Journal

Georgia's next superintendent of schools might not be a Democrat or a Republican if state legislators agree with a recommendation made by the current chief, Linda C. Schrenko.

Ms. Schrenko, who is beginning her second four-year term, said during a Jan. 8 meeting with more than 150 local school superintendents that making the post nonpartisan would shift attention away from politics and toward student achievement.

A Republican who was elected in an upset in 1994, Ms. Schrenko herself had numerous clashes in her first term with members of the state school board, most of whom were appointed by then-Gov. Zell Miller, a Democrat. Mr. Miller later asked the entire board to resign and replaced them with new members, including Johnny Isakson, a Republican and a former candidate for...