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DOYLESTOWN, PA The head of the Central Bucks School Board is out as president after the board voted 5-3 to appoint a replacement at its meeting Tuesday night.
The board voted to make Dana Hunter the new board president and John Gamble as vice president. Former President Tracy Suits, former Vice President Karen Smith and board member Jodi Schwartz were the three dissenting votes, while board member Lorraine Sciuto-Ballasy abstained from voting.
Board member Leigh Vlasblom made the motion for the new leadership, saying that a change will allow the board to work as a more effective and efficient as a board to support our administration.
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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf speaks to the press.
The Pennsylvania Charter Appeals Board (CAB) has become a political battleground in a larger fight between Gov. Tom Wolf and state GOP leaders over executive appointees.
At present, the board seems to have become functionally non-existent as important disputes between school districts and charter schools are in limbo.
The CAB exists as a place where charter schools can challenge decisions made by their local school boards.
At least they’re supposed to be able to challenge them.
Right now, it’s unclear who would hear the appeals.
The board’s website lists no members other than Acting Secretary of Education Noe Ortega, an automatic appointee.