More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Two Newton school board members sworn in to new terms From left, Anderson Bailey is sworn in by Probate Court Judge Melanie Bell to his first full term on the Newton County School Board. - photo by Courtesy of Newton County School System COVINGTON, Ga. — Eddie Johnson and Anderson Bailey were sworn in on Jan. 7 to begin their new terms of office as members of the Newton County Board of Education. Probate Court Judge Melanie Bell administered the oaths to Johnson and Bailey, who each were elected without opposition in the Nov. 3 General Election.