![Denise Watts speaks at a meeting of the Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education on June 15, 2023, shortly after board members voted to hire her as the next superintendent of the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System.](https://www.gpb.org/sites/default/files/styles/flexheight/public/2023-06/denise-watts-superintendent-sccpss-board-meeting.png?itok=fst5HSWg)
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Denise Watts speaks at a meeting of the Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education on June 15, 2023, shortly after board members voted to hire her as the next superintendent of the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System.
Credit: Savannah-Chatham County Public School System