Schools
Judge Sustains Suspensions of All Five Former School Board Members
The state Supreme Court is expected to determine this fall if Deal's suspension of the school board members is constitutional.
Gov. Nathan Deal on Friday announced that chief administrative law Judge Maxwell Woods has sustained the suspensions of the final three former DeKalb County school board members who petitioned for their reinstatement earlier this year.
In reports given to the governor this week, Woods concluded that former board members Eugene Walker, Donna Edler and Jay Cunningham failed to show that their presence on the DeKalb school board would improve the ability of the local school system to retain or re-attain its accreditation.
Woods had previously sustained the suspensions of Pam Speaks and Sarah Copelin-Woods.
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The suspended members have also brought a suit before the Georgia Supreme Court that contends the law used by Deal to suspend them is unconstitutional.
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