Outcome of Cobb County's Post 4 school board race could determine board control

Incumbent Republican David Chastain (left) is facing Democrat Catherine Pozniak in the race for the Post 4 seat on the Cobb County School Board. (Photos courtesy Chastain, Pozniak campaigns)

Cobb County is one of the few metro Atlanta districts that still have partisan school board races. Right now, the board has four Republicans and three Democrats. But the upcoming Post 4 election could change that. Democratic newcomer Catherine Pozniak is taking on Republican incumbent David Chastain.

Cobb natives square off

Pozniak moved back to Cobb County at the beginning of the pandemic. She’d been working as the assistant superintendent of fiscal operations and federal support for the Louisiana Department of Education. She currently works as a consultant for Watershed Advisors.