Two of East Cobb’s three representatives on the Cobb Board of Education will take the oath of office Monday in the first of two special-called meetings next week.
David Chastain and Charisse Davis will be sworn in, along with Jaha Howard, in a meeting that starts Monday at 7 p.m. in the board room at the Cobb County School District Central Office (514 Glover St., Marietta).
Chastain, a Republican who represents Post 4 (the Kell and Sprayberry clusters), was re-elected to a second term in November.
Davis is a Democrat who ousted two-term Republican Scott to represent Post 6, which includes the Walton and Wheeler clusters. Howard, a Democrat, also is newly elected in Post 2, which includes the Campbell and Osborne clusters.
There is no other business on the Monday meeting agenda.
On Tuesday morning, the newly comprised board will elect officers for the calendar year 2019. Each year they choose a chair and a vice chair, and that meeting will take place in the same place, starting at 9 a.m.
Chastain was the vice chairman in 2018 and previously has served as a chairman.
With the changes to the school board, the partisan split also has changed. Republicans held a 6-1 majority, but this year they hold a 4-3 edge.
After electing officers, the board will go into executive session for a student discipline matter.
The first regular board meeting of 2019 will take place Jan. 17.
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