The Cobb Board of Education has announced a special-called meeting for Tuesday to elect officers and set its meeting schedule for 2026.
The meeting takes place Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the board room of the Cobb County School District central office 514 Glover St., Marietta.
The meeting is open to the public but there is not a public comment session.
The board is required to vote on a chairman and vice chairman at the start of every calendar year; the chairman cannot serve in successive terms.
Board members nominate candidates to become officers; they must receive at least four votes.
In 2025 the chairman was David Chastain of Post 4 in Northeast Cobb and the vice chairman was John Cristadoro of Post 5 in East Cobb.
Both are Republicans, and as the party has held a 4-3 majority in recent years, the officers have been from the GOP
Democratic candidates have not been able to get any Republican member to cross parties to vote for officers in that period.
The 2026 elections include three board seats: Post 4, where Chastain is entering the last year of his third term; Post 2 in South Cobb, held by first-term Democrat Becky Sayler; and Post 6, in Smyrna-Vinings-Cumberland, held by first-term Democrat Nichelle Davis.
The first regularly scheduled Cobb school board meeting is Jan. 22.
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