Sweeney Speaks to East Cobb Civic Association

Cobb Board of Education member Scott Sweeney is the guest speaker at tonight's meeting of the East Cobb Civic Association.

The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the , 4400 Lower Roswell Road. 

Sweeney, a financial consultant who lives in the Sope Creek Elementary School district, was first elected to the school board last November and has served as the vice chairman.

Already in his first term, the school board has been embroiled in several contentious issues, including the switch to the so-called "traditional" that will push back the start of the 2011-12 school year to Aug. 15.

Sweeney campaigned on his support for the traditional calendar, and was in the majority when the school board voted 4-3 in February to make the change.

He also was a key figure in the hiring of new Cobb schools superintendent Michael Hinojosa, whose employment begins Friday.