Tony Watlington

Tony B. Waltington is an American educator and the superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia, the 8th largest school district, with more than 200,000 students. He previously served as the superintendent of the Rowan-Salisbury School System in North Carolina. He assumed his role with the School District of Philadelphia on June 16, 2022.

Waltington was born the youngest of seven children in Fort Dix, New Jersey. He attended school in Harnett County, North Carolina. He received his undergraduate degree in history education from North Carolina A&T State University and his doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

He started his career from the bottom as a bus driver and became a teacher. He then became an administrator in Guilford County Schools.

He was appointed as chief of Guilford County Schools until January 2021 when he was appointed superintendent of Rowan-Salisbury Schools.

He became a finalist for the School District of Philadelphia's superintendent search in 2022, and it was announced on April 1, 2022 that he had been offered and accepted the position.