Marietta school board chair says district focusing on literacy following ‘year of change’

Kerry Minervini was once a PTA member looking to make a difference as the mom of two boys in Marietta City Schools.

Now, she has begun her second consecutive, year-long term as chair of the Marietta Board of Education, after an unanimous vote by the seven-member board to return her to the role.

In March, Minervini will mark six years as a board member. She recalls coming into the role thinking she knew what the board did, though she quickly realized she “had no clue.”

“There’s a really big learning curve,” Minervini said. “Not only with a lot of policy and legislative things, but I think a lot of budgeting, a lot of federal laws that you have to become familiar with, and then just kind of learning how the district does things.”

With all that happened in 2022, from three new board members to shuffling through three…