The search

is on for new school board member.

During

Tuesday night's Coweta County Board of Education meeting,

chairman Mike Sumner announced that long-time member Wade

Corley had resigned.

Sumner said

Corley delivered a one-sentence resignation letter to

Sumner's law office stating that his resignation was

effective at noon Tuesday.

The

chairman did not speculate on Corley's reasons and said

that was something Corley could talk about at a later

time.

Instead,

Sumner thanked Corley for his nearly 10 years of service

on the board and more than 30 years in the Coweta County

School System.

Corley

started teaching in the 1960s and spent the last years of

service as principal at Moreland Elementary.

The

chairman said the school system would probably have a

small reception at the July 11 board meeting to honor

Corley.

In the last

few months, Corley feuded with the board over its

approval of a controversial redistricting plan for the

system's elementary schools.

He objected

to the socioeconomic element of the redistricting and

voted against the proposal.

Sumner said

the board's next action is to select a member to serve

Corley's remaining two-and-a-half years on the board. The

qualifications are that the candidate must live in the

school system's fourth district.

The

chairman would not speculate on when a decision would be

reached.

Corley did

not return phone calls prior to press time.