Angie Cornett Resigns from the Bartow School Board
The move follows the former vice chairman's Dec. 28 arrest at Walmart in Cartersville on a reckless conduct charge.
Updated 3 p.m.
Cornett cited "personal and family reasons," according to her letter of resignation, attached, which was obtained by WBHF-AM 1450.
Original Report
Bartow County school board District 3 rep and vice chairman Angie Cornett today resigned her position on the board of education, Superintendent John Harper confirmed by phone.
"We will proceed with an election," Harper said, after directing Cartersville Patch to read the Cartersville newspaper for the information we were attempting to gather. It's not clear if it'll be a special election, as Harper said that would be up the Elections board.
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Drew
2:45 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
Good! After her crash, she now resigns!
Drew
2:46 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
Well, I mean her "incident."
Randy Kim Brown
2:57 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
I applaud her for doing the right thing for the community.
Screen Wiz
3:19 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
I don't think she is doing this for the community, it just makes her look better for leaving the school board...it makes it look like she cares...now she needs to serve time for assualting the teen!
steve
3:21 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
What she did was wrong and punishable but if she was a good board member i believe she should have been able to retain her job i mean my goodness if people can forgive a michael Vick are michael jackson what she did was minor in comparision.
DENNIS HOBBS
4:58 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
She should do some time! If I hit someone with a car I know that they would put me in for a while,, School board member or NOT! It's plain as day she drove into the girl... OH,She was Texting and didnot see the girl?
CLUBFV
6:12 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
Whether or not she hit the girl in question is not "plain as day". What is apparent is that she was trying to use her vehicle vs. a person and that's not a fair fight. From what I understand, the girl was not injured and only had a smudge on her clothing and no indication that the vehicle struck her. Ms. Cornett was wrong for trying to force this issue and the person was wrong for trying to shield a damned parking place with her body. The Courts will ultimately figure it out. She should have resigned and she did.
Katherine M
6:17 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
Steve, the problem is she WAS NOT a good board member and should have already resigned after the e-mails, recorded phone calls, & text messages were released a few months ago.
Zachary Williams Jr.
6:19 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
She assaulted a 17yr old student and deserves jail time for it.
She needs to go to Highland Rivers and get in Anger mgmt.
That would help her in the long run as many hotheaded people don't realize
they have a problem. This story is really sad as it didn't have to happen.
Jay
7:26 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
Since she is now considered a private citizen, any further negative comments about her could result in her suing for slander/defamation of character. Just sayin'.
Pamela Troisi
9:20 am on Friday, January 4, 2013
Sorry Jay, your wrong. Any further negative comments about her can not result in a charge of slander/defamation. That's only is the statements are willfully and intentionally false and intended to cause harm. Everything being said about Angie is true and well documented. You see we have this thing in this country called the constitution and the first amendment protects your right to free speech.
d1
11:31 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
Hey Angie, thanks for making the residents of Bartow county look like a bunch of losers. You need to do time. Please move.
d1
11:37 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
This is why you don't send your kids to county schools. This is your
representation. (really), really. This is where our taxes go. We are getting
screwed.
JSE
10:30 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013
d1- You sound really intelligent....Why don't you run for her position?
Katherine M
11:49 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
Jay, not true. She was an elected official and these actions happened during her service. She also is now a public personality due to her arrest and nantionwide media attention. No different that Casey Anthony - you can publicy criticize Angie all you want
Jay
9:50 am on Friday, January 4, 2013
Thanks for the nice "Social Studies" lesson guys. Who knew. I personally choose Not to criticize anyone publicly because that's just who I am. Y'all have fun. Peace out.
steve
9:59 am on Friday, January 4, 2013
If she has a bad record at school board then this was indeed another incident on top of the other things but i dont know her history. If she has mental are anger issues then yes she should go and that goes without saying.