Want to Fill Nancy Jester's or Pamela Speaks' Positions on DeKalb's School Board?

The nominating panel that Gov. Nathan Deal assembled has begun accepting applications for candidates to fill the seats of suspended members of the DeKalb County school board.

On Monday, the governor announced that he is signing an executive order that accepts the State Board of Education's recommendation that six DeKalb school board members be removed.

After a 14-plus-hour meeting this past Thursday, the State Board of Education voted to recommend that Deal remove six members of the DeKalb school board.

The board voted unanimously to recommend that Sarah Copelin-Wood, Donna Edler, Eugene Walker, Jay Cunningham, Nancy Jester and Pamela Speaks be removed from the DeKalb school board.

Both Jester's and Speaks' districts include the majority of Dunwoody schools.

Applicants should send the following information to dekalbschoolboardnominations@georgia.gov:

1.       Legal name, contact information and home address
2.       District seat for which one is applying
3.       Resume, CV and/or brief biography
4.       Statement of interest

The panel will accept applications until March 6 at 5 p.m.

See Also:

Gov. Deal Suspends Six DeKalb School Board Members

Judge Grants Restraining Order Against Suspension of DeKalb School Board

School Board Files Emergency Motion Motion to Stop Possible Suspension

Replay Patch's Live Coverage of the State Board of Education Hearing With the DeKalb School Board