Atlanta school board agrees to settle dispute over its leadership

From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Atlanta school board members have agreed to stop fighting one another in court over the board's leadership. The board subsequently met in emergency session, took a vote on new leadership and agreed to work with an outside expert in governance. Even as a test cheating scandal has raged around them, board members have squabbled for months over who should lead them. Five members voted to change the board's rules so it could unseat the chairwoman and vice-chairwoman and elect its preferred leaders. The deposed leaders filed suit last month.After the board's appearance in court Tuesday, the members convened and Chairman Khaatim Sherrer El and Vice Chairwoman Yolanda Johnson gave up their appointments. El was voted back in a short time later.