Five members of the Atlanta Board of Education — sworn in this week — were joined downtown at the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) district office by a crowd of family members, community members and local and state officials.
Judge Verda Colvin of the Georgia Supreme Court led the ceremony. “And if our newly elected board members could raise your left hand…Repeat after me,” she told the group. “I, and state your name.”
The representatives followed in unison, chuckling as their coinciding pledges made for an indiscernible overlay of names.
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