Board of Education welcomes Stephen C. Laws to Gaston Co. Schools

by TODD HAGANS GCS Communications director

The Gaston County Board of Education is welcoming Stephen C. Laws, Ed.D., to Gaston County Schools. Laws will serve in the role of interim superintendent while the Board of Education conducts a national search to hire a permanent superintendent. Taking on the top leadership position is a sort of homecoming for Laws. He is a Gastonia native and graduate of Ashbrook High School who began his education career in 1981 as a workforce development teacher at Bessemer City High School.

“I am looking forward to my time as interim superintendent, and I am grateful for the opportunity to serve a school system that prepared me for success in life and also gave me my first opportunity to work full-time in education,” said Dr. Laws. “Gaston County has always been home to me, and stepping in to serve