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Manatee County School Board elects new chair and vice chair, approves 2025-26 calendar and workshop schedule
Summary
At its Nov. 18 reorganization meeting the Manatee County School Board elected Cindy Sprague chair and Richard Tatum vice chair, approved a revised 2025-26 meeting calendar, set workshops for Tuesdays at 10 a.m., confirmed committee assignments and approved the School Board Leasing Corporation structure.
Cindy Sprague was elected chair of the Manatee County School Board at the board's annual reorganization meeting Tuesday, and Richard Tatum was chosen as vice chair in voice votes the board recorded as 5-0.
The board opened the meeting by inviting Jamie Carson, identified in the transcript as the district communications director and a U.S. Army veteran, to present the Pledge of Allegiance. Chair Chad Choate participated virtually.
During the reorganization work, the board approved the regular-meeting calendar for the 2025-26 school year with a change to move a May date that…
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