Cobb County school board affirms student-discipline appeal 6-1 and approves personnel report

The Cobb County School District Board of Education on June 12 approved the human resources personnel report and affirmed a student-discipline appeal.

Keeley Bowen, the district’s Chief Human Resources Officer, presented the personnel report and recommended the appointment of Amy Shannon as principal of Leclerc Middle School, effective July 1, 2025. "We recommend that you approve the following action: Amy Shannon, appointment to principal, Leclerc Middle School," Bowen said during the meeting.

Board member Mr. Wheeler moved to accept the personnel report; the motion was seconded and the board approved the report by voice/hand count, recorded as 7 in favor, 0 opposed.

On a separate motion recorded in the session, Bowen stated, "I move that the hearing decision in student discipline appeal 19 be affirmed in part and reissued in part as discussed in executive session." The board voted 6 in favor and 1 opposed, and the motion passed.

The meeting record shows the personnel actions were discussed in executive session before the public vote; the transcript does not provide a roll-call list linking each board member’s name to the individual votes in the public record. Counts were announced by the chair as tallies (personnel report 7–0; appeal 6–1).

The board adjourned after completing action items. No further details about the dissenting vote in appeal 19 or any written rationale were included in the public portion of the meeting.

What happens next: the personnel appointment is effective July 1, 2025, and the affirmed discipline decision will be issued per the action described on the record.