BY JENNIFER CABRERA
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – At the November 19 Annual Organizational Meeting, the new Alachua County School Board selected Dr. Sarah Rockwell as its Chair and Tina Certain as its Vice Chair. New Member Thomas Vu and re-elected Member Leanetta McNealy were sworn in before the meeting.
In a meeting chaired by Acting Superintendent Cathy Atria, Vu made the motion to nominate Rockwell as the Chair, and Certain seconded the motion; the motion passed unanimously.
Rockwell made the motion to nominate Certain as the Vice Chair, and Member Kay Abbitt seconded the motion; the motion passed unanimously.
Meeting dates
In other business, the board voted to continue meeting at 6 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of each month (except the second meeting in December, the first meeting in January, and the first meeting in July), with a monthly workshop at 9 a.m. on the Wednesday following the first Tuesday meeting. There was a brief discussion about needing to be back for a 9 a.m. meeting after a Tuesday night meeting that can go late, but Atria said she has a conflict at 1 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month. At Certain’s suggestion, the board added meetings at 6 p.m. on December 10 and January 14 because, Certain said, “We have a lot in addition to our regular board work and business of the district; we have noticed meetings with the [Superintendent] search and all.”