Van White. Credit: FILE PHOTO

The Rochester school board elected Van White to serve another term as board president in a 5-to-1 vote yesterday. Board member Liz Hallmark cast the dissenting vote. Long time boa
rd member Willa Powell was elected board vice president in a 4-to-2 vote, replacing Cynthia Elliott.

Van White was re-elected as Rochester school board president. Credit: FILE PHOTO

Improving communication between board members and Superintendent Barbara Deane-Williams and her cabinet is a priority for the board, Powell said in a phone interview earlier today.

“My goal is to make sure every board member has input into our conversations because the better we understand one another, the better team we’ll make,” Powell said.

The board is close to filling the vacancy left by Malik Evans, who was elected to City Council last November. The board is meeting to conduct a second round of interviews later this week. Along with Natalie Sheppard, who was elected to the board in November, the board will have two new members.

Powell said she expects the board will reach an agreement on who will fill the seat before the January business meeting on Thursday, January 25. 

This article appears in Jan 3-9, 2018.

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2 replies on “Van White re-elected as Rochester school board president”

  1. Why? Why? Why? How can anyone say with a straight face, that the city and it’s residents care about the children and the future of our city by re-electing the same people, and same philosophy over and over again?

    But that’s OK. Just keep on blaming others for all the problems of the city.

  2. Here is a list of the GOP candidates for school board in the last election:
    1.

    Coincidentally, that’s the same as the list of Conservative candidates.

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