Metro School Board Elects Porter, Other Officers

Gracie Porter, the former Vice Chair of the MNPS Board, was elected to serve as the board’s new Chairman at the Sept. 14 meeting. Gracie was endorsed by SEIU when she first ran for office, but the union did not support her in her bid for chair due to her vote supporting the privatization of the custodians.

Also at the Sept. 14 meeting, Mark North was elected as the board’s new Vice Chair and Ed Kindall was re-elected as the board’s parliamentarian. All the new officers were elected by unanimous consent.