The Cobb County Board of Education met this morning in a special called organizational meeting to choose officers for 2018.
The new chairman is Brad Wheeler of Post 7 (Harrison, Hillgrove, McEachern). He is a former teacher, coach and administrator in Cobb schools, and has been on the school board since 2013.
Last year’s chairman, David Chastain of Post 4 in Northeast Cobb (Kell and Sprayberry), remains an officer and will serve as vice chairman for this year.
Chastain, a board member since 2015, attended Brumby Elementary School and East Cobb Middle School and is a graduate of Wheeler High School.
The seven-member Cobb school board annually elects officers for calendar year period. Wheeler and Chastain are among the six Republicans on the board, and they were elected with unanimous votes.
The Cobb school board also set its 2018 meeting schedule Tuesday, and has made some changes. Previously the board held work sessions on the second Wednesday and regular meetings on the third Thursday.
In 2018 the board be holding its monthly work session and regular meeting on the same day, either the second or third Thursday (see schedule below). From January through October, the work sessions start at 1 p.m., with regular meetings starting at 7 p.m. Both meetings will include public comment periods. Executive sessions will be held at 5:30 p.m.
In November and December, the work sessions begin at 9 a.m., followed by an executive session and regular meeting.
The meeting dates are as follows:
- Jan. 18;
- Feb. 15,
- March 15;
- April 19;
- May 17;
- June 21;
- July 26;
- Aug. 16;
- Sept. 13;
- Oct. 18;
- Nov. 15;
- Dec. 13.
All public meetings are held in the board meeting room of the Cobb County School District central office, 514 Glover St., Marietta.
