Board of Education

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    2019-2020 Mount Vernon Board of Education

    Trustee

    Term

    Committees

    Adopted School

    Arlene Torres, President

    2017-2020

    Budget (Chair)

    Traphagen School
    Lincoln School

    Darcy Miller, Vice President

    2018-2021

    Facilities (Chair),Policy

    Pennington School
    Mount Vernon High School

    Dr. Serigne M. Gningue

    May 22, 2019- June 30, 2020 (Balance of unexpired term of Stanley Russo)

    Education (Chair)

    MV STEAM Academy
    Micah J.B. McOwen

    2018-2021

    Policy (Chair)

    Nellie ThorntonPerforming and Visual Arts School (Thornton High School)
    Graham School
    Warren Mitchell 2019-2022  Family and Community Engagement

    Holmes School
    Grimes School
    Melissa Muñoz Patterson

    2019-2022 

    Audit (Chair)

    Columbus School
    Hamilton School
    Adriane Saunders

    2019-2022

    Health Safety & Wellness (Chair)
    Special Education Advisory Council (Chair)

    Williams School
    Parker School
    Wanda White

    2018-2021 

    Facilities (Chair), Education

    Rebecca Turner Elementary School

    Israel Williams

    2017-2020

    Student Activities (Chair)

    Benjamin Turner Middle School

    Nicholas Justino
    Student Trustee

    October 1, 2019- June 30, 2020

    N/A

    N/A
     
    In recognition of the importance of building and maintaining relationships with school based staff the President of the Board of Education will appoint individual Trustees to each school in the district.
     
     
     

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What is a Board of Education?

  • The Board of Education is the official policy-making body of the school district, and is comprised of nine members, elected by the public, who serve three-year terms of office without paid compensation. 

    The areas of Board responsibility include:
    • Exercising educational leadership and drafting policies for the effective operation of the Mount Vernon City School District.
    • Employing the Superintendent of Schools
    • Confirming appointments of administrators, teachers and other district staff members
    • Setting goals for educational standards
    • Adopting a yearly budget and authorizing certain expenditures
    • Expressing and representing the views of the community in matters affecting educational programs and needs of the community.
     
    The Board of Education works in concert with the Superintendent of Schools and his cabinet to discharge these varied and necessary responsibilities.