Board of Education
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2020-2021 Mount Vernon Board of Education
Trustee
Term
Committees
Adopted School
2018-2021
Pennington School
Mount Vernon High School2019-2022
Health Safety & Wellness (Chair)
Special Education Advisory Council (Chair)Williams School
Parker School2020-2023
Micah J.B. McOwen 2018-2021
Policy (Chair)
Nellie ThorntonPerforming and Visual Arts School (Thornton High School)
Graham SchoolWarren Mitchell 2019-2022 Family and Community Engagement Holmes School
Grimes SchoolMelissa Muñoz Patterson 2019-2022
Audit (Chair)
Columbus School
Hamilton SchoolJeffrey Redd 2020-2023
Cynthia Turnquest 2020-2023
Wanda White 2018-2021
Facilities (Chair), Education
Rebecca Turner Elementary School
Maame Forson
2019-2020 (School Year) N/A
N/A
2019-2020 Mount Vernon Board of Education
Trustee
Term
Committees
Adopted School
2017-2020
Budget (Chair)
Traphagen School
Lincoln School2018-2021
Facilities (Chair),Policy
Pennington School
Mount Vernon High SchoolMay 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 SchoolWarren Mitchell 2019-2022 Family and Community Engagement Holmes School
Grimes SchoolMelissa Muñoz Patterson 2019-2022
Audit (Chair)
Columbus School
Hamilton SchoolAdriane Saunders 2019-2022
Health Safety & Wellness (Chair)
Special Education Advisory Council (Chair)Williams School
Parker SchoolWanda White 2018-2021
Facilities (Chair), Education
Rebecca Turner Elementary School
2017-2020
Student Activities (Chair)
Benjamin Turner Middle School
Nicholas Justino
Student TrusteeOctober 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.
Contact Us
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Mount Vernon Board of Trustees
165 North Columbus Avenue
Mount Vernon, NY 10553
Richard P. McCormack, District Clerk
(914) 665-5235Alice Patterson, Senior Clerk
(914) 665-5866
What is a Board of Education?
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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.