Group Endorses 3 School Board Candidates

eduKalb, a group that says its mission is "to promote quality and sound school board leadership in DeKalb County," has endorsed three candidates for the DeKalb County Board of Education.

The group recently sent out this information.

Following interviews with (11) of the (12) candidates, a hosted community forum held July 10th at Westwood College and a comprehensive evaluation process, eduKALB’s Board has endorsed the following candidates:  

• District 2:  Marshall D. Orson
• District 6:  Denise E. McGill
• District 8:  Dr. Pamela Speaks

eduKALB opted not to endorse a candidate for District 4.

“The process was both exhaustive and difficult as we took seriously our role and commitment to identify candidates who we felt would best represent the teachers, staff and the 90,000 plus students in DeKalb County,” said Chris Marquardt, co-chair of eduKALB.

Please visit www.edukalb.org for more information on each endorsed candidate. 

The candidates for the school board are:

DeKalb County School Board, District 2 (Nonpartisan)

Don E. McChesney (I)

Marshall Orson

DeKalb County School Board, District 4 (Nonpartisan)

James T. (Tom) Gilbert
James (Jim) P. Kinney, III

James L. McMahan

H. Paul Womack, Jr. (I)

DeKalb County School Board, District 6 (Nonpartisan)

Melvin Johnson

Denise Etienne McGill

Terrilyn C. Rivers-Cannon

Latasha Walker

DeKalb County School Board, District 8 (Nonpartisan)

Michelle Jenkins-Clark

Pamela Speaks (I)