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Mount Vernon Board of Education swears in superintendent and new trustees, elects president and vice president
Summary
At its July 1, 2025, reorganizational meeting the Mount Vernon Board of Education swore in Dr. Demario Strickland as superintendent and four trustees, elected Donna Maribel as board president and Warren Mitchell as vice president, and approved routine annual appointments and resolutions.
Mount Vernon — The Mount Vernon Board of Education held its annual reorganizational meeting July 1, 2025, where members swore in the superintendent and newly elected trustees, elected leadership for the 2025–26 school year and approved a package of routine annual appointments and resolutions.
At the start of the meeting the board administered the oath to Dr. Demario Strickland, who was sworn in as superintendent. Trustee Sakai Brown, Trustee Erica Peterson, Trustee Randolph Scott and student trustee Leonard David O'Doreau also took oaths of office. Trustee Sabina Kelly joined the meeting via video conference.
The reorganization included elections for board leadership. Trustee Donna Maribel was nominated and elected board president after a motion by Warren Mitchell and a second from Takiyah Brown; the motion "carried" on a voice vote. Warren Mitchell was nominated and elected vice president in a motion moved by Donna Maribel and seconded by Randolph Scott; that motion also carried on a voice vote. The board then administered the oaths for the president and vice president.
Following the leadership elections, the board approved a set of standard annual items by motion, including the annual appointment of officers and positions required to be bonded, annual designations and authorizations, and a sequence of numbered resolutions referenced in the meeting as 4.1–4.3, 5.1–5.15, 6.1–6.5, 7.1–7.9, 8.1 and 9.1–9.8. Each package of items was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote; no recorded roll-call tallies or recorded dissents were stated in the transcript.
During the meeting, members invited guests to the dais; Donna Maribel asked former colleagues and local officials to join her, including a reference to Councilwoman Cynthia Turnpike and former trustee Marlene Dandridge. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn the reorganizational session and transition to the district's regular meeting.
The actions completed at the reorganizational meeting set the board's officers and routine administrative delegations for the 2025–26 school year. Specifics of the annual appointments and the full text of the adopted resolutions were referenced by resolution numbers during the meeting but were not read aloud in full on the public record captured in the transcript.
