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Board appoints Dr. Lisa Baughn as acting superintendent; trustees clash over process
Summary
The Newburgh Board of Education added and approved an acting-superintendent contract for Dr. Lisa Baughn effective Feb. 11, 2025 amid objections from trustees and public callers who said the process lacked legal review and interviews.
The Newburgh Board of Education on Jan. 28 voted to add and then approve an item authorizing the board president to sign an acting-superintendent contract with Dr. Lisa Baughn effective Feb. 11, 2025, prompting sharp debate over whether the board had followed proper process.
Board President Christine Bello read the resolution authorizing the appointment and the board then voted to add that item to the meeting agenda. Several trustees and members of the public questioned why the district’s deputy superintendent, Onyx Peterson, who is carrying out daily executive duties in the superintendent’s absence, was not first considered or interviewed.
Trustee John Howard…
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