The Christina Board of Education appointed Celita Cherry, a self-empowerment coach, to fill the board’s Wilmington-based seat. | SPOTLIGHT DELAWARE PHOTO BY JULIA MEROLA
In a vote Tuesday, the Christina Board of Education appointed Celita Cherry, a self-empowerment coach, to fill the board’s Wilmington-based seat that was left vacant in December following the resignation of Shannon Troncoso.
Four members of the embattled school board voted in favor of Cherry’s appointment over the other candidate, Joseph Lewis, a former teacher at the Delaware School for the Deaf…