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Tanet Taharka Myers is from Savannah, Georgia, where she attended the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Morris Brown College in 1992 and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Savannah State University in 2005.  She is also a mother and a wife. 

Tanet is a Campus Lison for South University, where she has been for two years. She has experience as an Executive Assistant with Savannah State University for eight years, a Revenue Manager and Deputy City Clerk with the City of Savannah for a combined 7 years, and Assistant City Manager for the City of Brunswick, Georgia for 

Tanet Taharka Myer's campaign for the County Board of Education in Chatham County School Board District 3 is her first entry into politics. 

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Plans to focus on measures to improve literacy rates in District 3.

Plans to prioritize empowering and improving education for students with learning disabilities.

Wants to address situations for students chronically absent from school.

- Plans to focus on measures to improve literacy rates in District 3.
- Plans to prioritize empowering and improving education for students with learning disabilities.
- Wants to address situations for students chronically absent from school.

Access to Education

As of March 23, 2024, Tanet Taharka Myers’s website did not contain information on this issue.

School Curriculum

School Facilities & Resources

Plans to prioritize reinforcing school safety.

Supports the Fiscal Year 25 Development to request allocating funding towards resources for suicide prevention, mental health awareness and educational programming for parents to ensure student wellness.

- Plans to prioritize reinforcing school safety.
- Supports the Fiscal Year 25 Development to request allocating funding towards resources for suicide prevention, mental health awareness and educational programming for parents to ensure student wellness.

Student Wellbeing

Teachers

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Tanet Taharka Myers

Savannah-Chatham School Board seat challenger prioritizes literacy improvement

School Board Elections - no longer sleepy

Tanet Taharka Myers is a mother and wife who hails from Savannah, Georgia, where she attended the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and a Master’s degree in Public Administration. Specific details about her church attendance or additional family information are not provided.

Tanet Taharka Myers has held positions in local government, including Revenue Supervisor and Deputy City Clerk for the City of Savannah, as well as Assistant City Manager and interim City Manager in Brunswick, Georgia. She has also worked in higher education, serving students at multiple universities in Savannah, Georgia.

As of May 3, 2024, Tanet Taharka Myers’s website did not contain information on this issue.

- The Board of Education runs the public school system. The Board of Education is entirely independent from the rest of the county government.
- Board of Education members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day.
- Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.