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Finance committee forwards mayoral appointees to Providence School Board
Summary
The Providence City Committee on Finance recommended approval of multiple mayoral appointees to the Providence School Board after brief questioning about experience and local control; all four reported motions passed unanimously in committee.
The Providence City Committee on Finance on Jan. 23 recommended that several mayoral appointees be forwarded to the full City Council for confirmation, approving motions to advance the nominations by voice vote.
The committee approved motions to forward Melissa Hughes, Angel Newman, Jenny Mercado and Najim (Nigel) Morinabo (listed in the packet as “Najim/Nigel”) and also swore in Steven Williamson for presentation. Each nomination drew questions from committee members about experience, priorities and how the appointees view a return to local control of the district.
The endorsements came after each applicant briefly described their background and answered committee questions. Melissa Hughes told the committee she had served one year on the Providence School Board and was elected school board secretary; she said the board’s policy committee had revised the district’s school-closure policy for the first time since 1991 and noted that work with the superintendent’s cabinet and equity…
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