The Atlanta school board will select a candidate to fill the District 2 seat until a permanent candidate is elected in November 2011. Applications for job are online at www.atlantapublicschools.us and must be received by 5 p.m. Aug. 3. The official appointment will take place Aug. 8. District 2 is located in the south central part of the city and encompasses the Atlanta University Center and the Bankhead Highway and Hightower road areas.

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Inventor Lonnie Johnson stands with his Super Soaker water guns at JTEC Energy on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, in Atlanta. Johnson, a former NASA engineer, is currently working on a new energy technology through his company’s JTEC device that turns thermal heat into usable energy. (Natrice Miller/AJC)