Elections Could Change Makeup Of Cobb, Gwinnett School Boards

Everton “EJ” Blair, shown campaigning in 2018, was the first African American elected to the Gwinnett County school board. School board members in Cobb and Gwinnett counties have been mostly white, while the districts they govern have become more racially diverse.

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For years, schools in Cobb and Gwinnett counties have become more racially diverse, but the school board members who govern them have been mostly white.

That could change after the upcoming elections.

Those two school boards could more closely resemble the students they represent.