George Fisher will continue to serve as president of the Paris ISD Board of Trustees while Jenny Wilson will continue on as vice president after the boardâs reorganization Monday. Becki Norment will continue in her role as board secretary.
The reorganization was required after Wilson, Place 6 trustee, and Fisher, Place 1 trustee, took their oaths of office. Without any challengers in the May election, both trustees retained their seats for another term. Their terms now expire in May 2024.
Prior to reorganization, the board accepted the resignation of Place 4 trustee Mihir âMarkâ Pankaj, who was elected to the board in 2020, as he successfully sought election to Paris City Council. His resignation also triggered a need to fill his spot on the Distinguished Graduate Awards Selection Committee. Norment already serves on the committee, and she will be joined by Place 7 Trustee Bert Strom.
The Class of 2020’s fate drive-through graduations, canceled proms was supposed to be a one-off.
But a year later, a new class of graduating seniors are wondering if they are destined to also miss these traditional milestone celebrations.
A Huron Valley student recently asked School Board Vice President Sean Carlson what would happen if they were “tagged” with COVID-19 and quarantined one or two days before prom or graduation.
“I said the best way to avoid that situation is to get the vaccination,” Carlson explained as he relayed the encounter to other school board members at their April 12 meeting. “That’s one way to enhance your odds to experience those things. We need to get that message out.”