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Newport-Mesa board provisionally appoints Kirsten Walsh to Trustee Area 5
Summary
After interviewing four candidates and hearing public comment urging Andrea McElroy, the Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of Education voted 4-2 to provisionally appoint Kirsten Walsh to fill the Trustee Area 5 vacancy, with the appointment effective Jan. 27, 2025.
The Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of Education voted to provisionally appoint Kirsten Walsh to fill the Trustee Area 5 vacancy, with the appointment effective Jan. 27, 2025. The board met in a special session that opened at 6:01 p.m., interviewed candidates, took public comment, and adjourned at 7:09 p.m.
The vacancy was created Dec. 9, 2024, and the district accepted applications from Dec. 20, 2024, through Jan. 21, 2025, according to the board's announcements. The board received applications from Andrew Lawler (absent), Phil Mauer, Andrea McElroy, Valerie Shud, and Kirsten Walsh.
Members of the public urged the board to appoint Andrea McElroy during the public-comment period. Parent Kate Malouf said she spoke "on…
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