Hayley Greene, far left, Benjy Thompson and Charles Wilson laugh after Jan Moore, far right, finishes a humorous story at Wilson's retirement reception Thursday at the Bulloch County School Board offices. – photo by JIM HEALY/staff For more than an hour before Thursday evening’s Board of Education meeting, friends and colleagues greeted retiring Bulloch County Schools Superintendent Charles Wilson with many good wishes and some hugs during his “Charting a New Course” reception. It was moored inside a large conference room at the complex that houses the BOE central offices. Decorative items and even a tray of cookies that looked like oysters with pearls carried a coastal theme, and the invitation had called on people to help wish Wilson “fair winds and following seas as he retires and sets a course for his next chapter.” Exactly where that course will take him beyond spending time his wife, Lora Wilson, and their grandchildren and fishing on the coast with his son remained somewhat a mystery. Charles Wilson, who will be 59 in May, is retiring effective March 31 after 30 years employment with the Bulloch County school district, including the last 14 years as its superintendent.
