LEE â The Lee School Committee is back to full strength â again.
On Tuesday evening, the committee jointly met with the Select Board and unanimously chose Betsy Strickler as the board s newest member.
She was the only candidate who applied to fill the vacancy created by Christine Lucy, who resigned last month, after six years on the seven-person panel. Strickler becomes the fourth new committee member in less than a year and looks forward to her new responsibility. I think it s important for adults to understand kids and how actions of the School Committee impact them long term, she told the joint gathering during a hybrid meeting.
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LEE â The Lee School Committee needs to elect a new chairperson following a flareup last week of tensions between committee members.
Chairperson Christine Lucy announced during Tuesdayâs monthly meeting she was stepping down from the leadership role, tired of her âethics and integrityâ being called into question. She will remain on the seven-person committee.
âI have faced an uphill climb in taking the leadership role,â said Lucy, who had been named to the post in July. âI am finding itâs getting increasingly difficult to do this job and do it well.â
Vice Chairwoman Andrea Larmon will serve as acting chairperson until the board pickâs Lucyâs successor, which could happen at the Feb. 9 meeting.