A change at the School Board:  David Brinkman steps down as chairman, Nichele Whittaker selected as new School Board Chairman

At last Monday's July meeting of the Boundary County School District 101 Board of Trustees, a change was made in the School Board's leadership.  David Brinkman, who has served for two terms as Chairman of the District's Board of Trustees, stepped down from that position.  Board members voted Nichele Whittaker to serve as their new Board Chairman. Mr. Brinkman has served on the School Board since 2011.  In his second year on the board, he was selected by the Board to serve as Vice-Chairman.  Following his time as Vice-Chair, he was subsequently selected to be the Board Chairman.  The School Board recently passed a policy limiting a chairman to two terms of service, a policy that was developed and encouraged by Mr. Brinkman and fellow trustee Tess Rae.  According to Mr. Brinkman, this was done to allow greater variety in leadership and direction for the School Board. Ms. Whittaker, the new Board Chairman, took over the gavel and immediately began her service as Chairman right after being voted into the position at Monday's meeting.  She was first elected to the School Board in 2013, representing the Zone 5 / Naples area. Her first order of business was the selection of a new Vice-Chairman.  Trustee Ron MacDonald was selected to fill that position. The next meeting of the School District's Board of Trustees will be August 8.