The DeKalb County Board of Education voted board member Michael Erwin its chair at a meeting held Saturday.
The board also voted member Marshall Orson as vice chairman.
Erwin said during the meeting, which was rescheduled from Jan. 8 due to weather, that he was grateful for the board's confidence, after a unanimous vote.
“It will be important that we work together and collaboratively as a unified board for the students, parents, stakeholders and employees of this great district,” he said. “They are depending on us.”
Erwin was appointed to the board in 2013 by Gov. Nathan Deal after Deal removed six members of the board. Erwin was elected in 2014 and ran unopposed in 2016.
Board member Melvin Johnson had been board chairman the past five years. Erwin has been vice chair the previous two.
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