Long-serving board member Carol Schenick reflects on 18½ years at final Roxbury Board meeting
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Board member Carol Schenick delivered farewell remarks at her final meeting after 18½ years of service, recounting committee leadership, participation in superintendent searches and urging the board toward nonpartisan cooperation; colleagues offered thanks and congratulations.
Carol Schenick used her final board meeting on Dec. 15 to reflect on 18½ years of service to the Roxbury Township Board of Education, thanking past colleagues and describing the board’s evolution.
Schenick recounted committee roles—particularly finance, which she said she chaired for 18 years—participation in three superintendent searches, and attendance at nearly every graduation during her tenure. She encouraged the board to follow policy, treat one another with respect, and work in a nonpartisan manner focused on the students. Several board members, including Milo, Eddie and others, offered congratulations and thanked Schenick for her institutional knowledge and service.
Schenick also encouraged the public to review a recent recorded board retreat (Dec. 10), saying the retreat included extensive discussion of the board’s challenges and the need for respectful governance. At the meeting’s conclusion she made her final motion to adjourn.
What’s next: Schenick departs the board; colleagues and the superintendent publicly thanked her service during the meeting.