Former DeKalb school board member Nancy Jester is expected to kick off her campaign for Georgia school superintendent at 3:30 p.m. today at Brook Run Park in Dunwoody.
Jester, who represented Dunwoody and Brookhaven in District 1 for the DeKalb County Board of Education, said on her website she is joining the race to become the state’s top education administrator.
Jester left the DeKalb school board in March after she and four other school board members were suspended by Gov. Nathan Deal. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools placed the DeKalb County School System on accreditation probation and claimed the school board was interfering with day-to- day school operations.
Jester, who was often critical of the school system, said she chose not to fight the suspension to allow the governor to select her replacement on the school board.
“I am proud of the work I did to expose the deceptive budgeting practices and bring a parent’s perspective to the board,” Jester wrote on her blog.
Since leaving the school board, Jester has maintained an education blog, and hosts regular education-based meetings in the metro Atlanta area.
For more information, go to www.nancyjester.com
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