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June 24, 2008

Georgia School Boards Association elects new officers

Members of local boards of education and superintendents met June 20-21 in Savannah for the Georgia School Boards Association (GSBA) Summer Conference and Delegate Assembly.

On Friday, June 20, representatives from 137 school boards in Georgia met to plan the legislative positions of the association and to elect GSBA's 2008-2009 officers. The complete list of legislative positions can be found on GSBA's website: www.gsba.com. Julia Bernath (Fulton County Board of Education) was installed as president. Joseph White, Sr., (Mitchell County Board of Education) was installed as president elect. Jimmy Fleming (Jefferson County Board of Education) was installed as vice president. Franklin Pinckney, Sr., (Ware County Board of Education) was installed as treasurer.

Prior to the conference, hundreds of school board members convened in Savannah at the Hyatt to fulfill their annual training requirements as outlined in Georgia law. GSBA offered three workshops to allow board members to receive training: the New Board Member Orientation, the Communications Workshop and the Policy Workshop.







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    (Misty Watson) For the past five years, Whitfield County middle schools, including Eastbrook and Westside, left, have competed in a league that doesn’t include Dalton. North Georgia Middle School Athletic League president Stan Stewart, Westside’s principal, believes it has resulted in a more even playing field for the league, which also includes Murray County’s Bagley and Gladden. But Dalton Middle officials say the situation has created lots of challenges for their school’s athletic teams, which must travel farther for away games, resulting in logistical, financial and academic difficulties. Both sides met last fall to discuss possible changes to the league.

    Division by subtraction

    On fall Friday nights, some of the area’s most anticipated high school football matchups occur when Dalton High takes on its rivals from another school system, Whitfield County’s Northwest and Southeast.
    But Dalton Middle athletes haven’t had the same chance to compete against their counterparts from Whitfield County since 2007, when a split left the Cougars and Lady Cougars — and for a time, Murray County’s Bagley and Gladden — out of the North Georgia Middle School Athletic League.

    Continued ...
    May 25, 2012 8:05 am 1 Photo
  • Reality Check Jan 8, 2009 11:40 pm 3 Photos