Official: St. Joseph School Board swears in new members
Newly inducted members: Kenneth Reeder, LaTonya Williams, and David Foster participate in their first school board meeting / Photo: Whitnee Ice
By WHITNEE ICE
St. Joseph Post
A changing of the guard took place as the St. Joseph School Board met last night to swear in the new school board members.
All three incumbents on the St. Joseph School Board: Lute Atieh, Larry Koch, and Rick Gehring lost their seats to Kenneth Reeder, David Foster, and LaTonya Williams in the election earlier this month.
Board Member LaTonya Williams says she was not expecting to get elected.
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The general public waited 405 days to attend its first men’s lacrosse game in the renovated Carrier Dome. On Saturday, 683 fans watched Syracuse’s game against North Carolina, potentially the last and only home game this season that the general public was able to attend.
Syracuse welcomed a limited number of students back to the Dome beginning on March 6, and just over a month later, the general public returned for SU’s women’s lacrosse game on April 10.
Parents who waited a year to watch their kids play in the Dome were in attendance on Saturday and last weekend, too.
bond issue, dashing hopes to convert the American Family Insurance regional headquarters
into a second high school to go along with a refurbished Central High School.
Under the proposal, Benton High School and Lafayette High School
would have been turned into middle schools as the district ended the three-high
school model in favor of a new two-high school model.
All three incumbents on the St. Joseph School Board lost in a
crowded field.
The bond issue drew little support. Only 4,573 voters cast
ballots in favor of it while 8,330 voted against it; a split of 64.56% opposed to
35.44% in favor, according to unofficial election results reported by the
By WHITNEE ICE
St. Joseph Post
St. Joseph voters rejected the 107 million dollar school bond issue that would have turned the American Family Insurance regional headquarters into a second high school and remodeled Central High school.
School Board President Tammi Pasley, in her statement on behalf of the school board, says something has to change.
“The voters have spoken and we the board respect that,” says Pasley to the St. Joseph Post. “What is clear is that status quo is not sustainable. While we are disappointed that this bond initiative was not successful, it is the beginning of a discussion with the community that our facilities are not up to 21 Century educational standards.”