PRESS
RELEASE
310.450.8338, ext. 229 15 DEC 2008
SMMUSD Welcomes New Board Member, New President, New
Vice President
At its
annual reorganization meeting last night, the SMMUSD Board of Education elected
Ralph Mechur to serve as Board President and Barry
Snell to serve as Board Vice President.
Both members won their position by acclamation.
The
Board of Education also welcomes Ben Allen, who was elected to the board in the
November 2008 election. Mr. Allen, who has
served on the district’s Financial Oversight Committee for the past year and a
half, is a former
“Our
district is fortunate to have such dedicated elected officials,” commented
Superintendent Tim Cuneo. “I look
forward to working with both Mr. Mechur and Mr. Snell
as they take on their new leadership roles.
I also welcome Mr. Allen to the district. His previous involvement with SMMUSD will be
an asset to our district.”
Ralph Mechur, who was recently elected to serve on the Board of
Education in the November 2008 election, was first appointed to the board in
August 2007, following the departure of Emily Bloomfield. Prior to joining the Board of Education, Mr. Mechur served as President of SMMUSD’s Education Foundation for eighteen years, on the
Facilities Master Plan Committee for three years, on the Measure “BB” Advisory
Committee, on the Santa Monica Planning Commission for eight years (serving as
chair for four years), on the SMMUSD Capital Improvements Oversight Committee,
and on the Santa Monica Architectural Review Board for five years (serving as
Chair for two years).
Barry
Snell, who was elected to the Board of Education in the November 2006 election,
has been an active member of the community for over ten years. As a board member, he has served as liaison
to the Community Health and Safety District Advisory Committee and has
championed district efforts to close the achievement gap. Mr. Snell was nominated by his peers to run
for an open seat on the California School Board
Association (CSBA) Delegate Assembly last December.
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