School Board Honors Janet Read For Service

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A former Cherokee County School Board member was recognized this week for her service to the community.

Board members at their Thursday meeting honored former School Board Chair Janet Read for her commitment to the school system and its students.

Read, who for two decades served the district as a PTA volunteer and then as a school board member and its first countywide elected chair, stepped down in June to accept an employment opportunity that would not allow her to serve in public office.

She now works as a community outreach specialist with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

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She was thanked by the board and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank Petruzielo, which presented her with a framed gavel and commemorative plaque.

Read was also honored by the Cherokee County Council of PTA and Georgia PTA, which presented her with a Life Achievement Award – the PTA’s highest honor for a volunteer.

Read was first elected in 2004 as the Post 4 representative and re-elected in 2008.

A controversial redistricting measure signed by Gov. Nathan Deal in 2012 changed the school board chair role to an elected position and drew Read out of the Post 4 seat.

That prompted her to run for the newly created elected position in 2012, and she defeated challenger Danny Dukes in Republican primary. Read, who lives in Towne Lake, has two adult children who are graduates of Cherokee County School District schools.

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Photo: Immediate Past School Board Chair Janet Read, left, is thanked for her service by School Board Chair Kyla Cromer, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank Petruzielo and the school board. Credit: Cherokee County School District