In the first meeting of the year, the Grosse Pointe Public School Board elected veteran member Joan Dindoffer to lead the group as president. Dan Roeske will serve as vice president.
Following a variety of statements from Grosse Pointe Public School Board members, they voted out Judy Gafa and voted in veteran board member Joan Dindoffer to lead the group as its president for 2013. The decision against Gafa came in the board's historical voting style: 4-3 against electing her president again. Gafa then nominated Dindoffer to serve as president, which received support from six of the seven board members. Dan Roeske was the only dissenting vote. Gafa, who has served on the board since 2008, and Dindoffer then promptly swapped seats and the officer selection continued. Board member Brendan Walsh nominated Gafa to serve as vice president but she declined the nomination and made another nomination for Roeske, who received a …
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George R. McMullen Jr.
11:37 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Diane See below link State law mandates School board elections even numbered years..another example of the state taking away local control..only a couple of paragraphs....G http://www.michigan.gov/snyder/0,4668,7-277-57577-266375--,00.html more ›