DeKalb’s new and smaller School Board will take the oath of office on Jan. 5.
The 2015 board, reduced to seven members from nine by state legislators, will be the county’s first elected board in two years.
Stan Jester, District 1; Marshall Orson, District 2; Dr. Michael Erwin, District 3; Jim McMahan, District 4; Vickie Turner, District 5; Dr. Melvin Johnson, District 6; and Joyce Morley, District 7, will be sworn in at a ceremony at the district’s headquarters in Stone Mountain.
Judges administering the oath include DeKalb Superior Court Judges Gregory Adams and Tangela Barrie and State Court Judge Alvin Wong. Read the rest of the story here….
