Georgia school board members meet in Atlanta
About 700 Georgia school board members are gathering in Atlanta this weekend for the annual conference of the Georgia School Boards Association/Georgia School Superintendents Association.
School board members participated training on Wednesday and Thursday, and they’ll attend educational sessions and view exhibits on Friday and Saturday.
Speakers include State School Superintendent John Barge, former NFL player Bill Curry, Jim Bearden of Bearden Resource Group and Ako Kambon of Visionary Leaders Institute.
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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.
