Schools
New Chair, Vice Chair Elected To Paulding County School Board
The Paulding County Board of Education unanimously chose two new board leaders at Tuesday's board meeting.
PAULDING COUNTY, GA β In unanimous votes at Tuesday's Paulding County Board of Education meeting, board members elected a new chair and vice chair for 2022.
Dan Nolan, who represents District 6 in northeast Paulding, was named the board's new chairman. Deborah Collett, who represents District 4 in south Paulding, was named vice chair.
Nolan replaces predecessor Jeff Fuller, who sits in the at-large board seat and served as board chairman for three years. Nolan will oversee a school board that represents the 12th largest school district in Georgia, with 33 schools, more than 30,000 students and an annual budget of more than $313 million.
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Collett replaced John Dean, who represents District 5, as vice chair.
"I appreciate the Board's confidence in me to serve as chairman," Nolan said in a news release. "I am proud to be both a parent and school board member in this outstanding school system, and I thoroughly enjoy working with a school board that is committed to improving the educational experience for all Paulding County students. We are a growing district, and while there will certainly be challenges ahead, I look forward to getting to work."
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