Birkbeck appointed to school board
The Anderson County Commission voted at its April 20 meeting to appoint Katherine Birkbeck to replace District 2 Anderson County Board of Education member Teresa Portwood, who died on March 16.
She will serve until the end of Portwood’s term. She was the only person who applied.
Birkbeck is executive director of Historic Downtown Clinton, a nonprofit organization that promotes business and events in Clinton’s downtown area. She’s worked there since 2021.
“I have two big reasons, they’re right here,” she told The Courier News, putting her hands on her two children’s heads. They currently attend Clinton Middle School.
“There’s a direct correlation between community and schools,” she said, adding that she’d learned that while running Historic Downtown Clinton.
“And I think the two together can do a lot of great things for the kids in our community.”
The Board of Education took a moment of silence for Portwood at its April 9 meeting.
