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Polk School District - Meet our Board Members

Bernard Morgan lives in Polk County, Georgia.

Bernard currently serves on the Polk County School Board, representing District 2.

As of March 11, 2026, Bernard Morgan did not have a website or any information online.

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Isaac Brickman

Rafael Perez

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Who's running: Forrest McCombs Jr., Polk County BOE District 2

Forrest McCombs Jr. is originally from Cedartown, Georgia. He earned a degree in Early Childhood Education from Georgia Northwestern Technical College and later a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Brenau University

This is Forrest's first time running for public office. 

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Forrest currently works as a teacher at Murphy-Harpst Children’s Centers and has also worked as a special education paraprofessional for Rome City Schools. He has also held roles as a water plant operator and lab technician for the City of Cedartown, as a warehouse worker at Lowe's and the HON Company, and as a stamping associate at Jefferson Southern Corporation. 

Supports ensuring families and community members have a voice in local education.

- Supports ensuring families and community members have a voice in local education.

As of March 11, 2026, Forrest Eugene McCombs Jr. did not have a website or any information online.

Supports providing structure, support, and resources for students in vulnerable environments.

- Supports providing structure, support, and resources for students in vulnerable environments.

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- 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.

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Polk County Board of Education Member, District 2, Democratic Primary

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