With her first meeting under her belt, Emily Haltom is getting acclimated with her new role representing Taylor Township on the Cloverdale School Board. 

"It is an honor to represent Cloverdale schools. I love our community and school system, and I am eager to serve to the best of my ability. My daughter is currently a first grader. My middle child is in preschool at Cloverdale and my son will be old enough for school soon. I want to be involved in helping our school grow and succeed for my children and their classmates," Haltom told The Putnam County Post.

Haltom earned 536 votes, defeating Carol Ann Pennington last November for the seat.

"To those that went out and voted, thank you. I am honored to have been chosen to serve, and I look forward to all I will learn and help our schools accomplish," Haltom said. 

Haltom said it is "extremely important" to her to have a say not only in her children's education, but pave the way for the entire school district. 

"Cloverdale is a wonderful school with great teachers, staff and administrators. I am active in our parent teacher organization as well. I love being able to serve and see joy on the student's faces and I am so excited to expand my service to the middle school and high school by serving on the school board," she admitted. 

With her first year on the school board already kicked off, Haltom said she is taking it all and is looking forward to learning. 

"My goal for the first year is to be a sponge and take in all of this new information and to use it to serve our community the best way possible," Haltom said.