Interim APS Board Member Sworn in For Sherrer El's Former Seat

Nisha Simama was officially sworn into office this week as interim Atlanta Board of Education member, representing District 2, according to a news release from Atlanta schools spokesman Keith Bromery. She replaces Khaatim Sherrer El, who resigned earlier this year.

The swearing-in ceremony was part of a Special Legislative Board meeting held Monday afternoon. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Esmond Adams presided at the ceremony.

Simama is a counselor and multicultural coordinator at Paideia School in Atlanta and a former assistant professor at Clark Atlanta University.

Simama will serve as interim Board member until a special election is held in November 2011 to select a permanent District 2 Board member.