The Central

Educational Center's Board of Directors met for the first

time Tuesday.

Newly named

CEO Mark Whitlock was recognized at the regular Coweta

County Board of Education meeting at Fairmount

Alternative School. Whitlock introduced the CEC board

members, and they then dismissed to conduct their first

meeting.

The Central

Educational Center is a charter school, and under charter

school law in Georgia, a majority of the board of

directors must be parents of the students enrolled.

The

school's faculty and administration also must be

represented on the board.

In

addition, because the CEC will focus on business and

industry related education, local business officials also

serve on the board.

CEC

directors are as follows: representing large business,

William J. Wetmore from the William L. Bonnell Co.,

three-year term; representing small business, Matthew G.

Griffies, DMD, three-year term; Chamber board

representative Melvin Samuels from the Ga. Department of

Labor, two-year term; business-at-large representative,

Steve Stripling from Bank of Coweta, three-year term.

Board

members representing the CEC faculty and administration

are teachers Lynne Dodds, three-year term, and Mike

McMahon, two-year term.

Other

educators are Dr. Judy Robinson, Coweta County Schools,

two-year term, and Kelly Loftin, Carroll Technical

College, two-year term.

Parents

serving on the CEC board are Bob Beck, two-year term;

Paula Cochran, two-year term, and Constance Combs,

three-year term, all representing East Coweta High.

Representing

Newnan High School are Willie Tucker, three-year term;

Wally Batchelor, two-year term; and Lisa Little,

three-year term.

Representing

Northgate High School are Wanda Clark, three-year term;

Sandra Calhoun, two-year term; and Lewis Ward, three-year

term. All subsequent members will serve for two-year

terms.

The board's

first order of business was to elect officers. CEC board

officers are Dr. Judy Robinson, interim board chairman;

Wanda Clark, vice Chairman; Lisa Little, recording

secretary; and Matthew Griffies, parliamentarian. Officer

elections will be conducted annually.