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Guerrero steps down as BOE chair
The long-running chairman of the Board of Education, Herman Guerrero, officially stepped down as chairman yesterday, after holding the position through multiple years on and off since joining the board.
The BOE immediately elected Marylou Ada yesterday as the next BOE chair.
Guerrero was reluctant to step down from the position, but thinks it is about time that he sits back a bit. Guerrero clarified this does not mean that he is giving up on the BOE.
“Many were disappointed because of my decision to step down. Just because I am stepping down does not mean I won’t be there to support the BOE,” said Guerrero.
“I still have two more years in my term, so I would very much be involved with BOE matters,” he added.
The new BOE chair, Ada, said she looks forward “to being BOE chair once again.”
“I feel very confident that we would move forward and continue with the tremendous progress that we have made in our education system. I am up to the challenge and I believe I can lead the 2017 BOE into the unchartered waters that we have before us,” said Ada.
Ada has served as BOE chair several times. She believes the problems facing the Public School System today are very much different from the ones it used to face.
“Education is…constantly changing and we have to keep up with the changes. The challenges that we face today are more approachable and are more doable. I believe that we have a good team and I have learned with the past nine years that there is nothing that cannot be resolved if we put our heads together and our students first,” said Ada.
Ada is looking to make PSS more efficient in order to further prepare for the future of students.
“We are looking to streamline operations, not duplicate offices, and consolidate programs that could be put into one. Changes are coming; it is going to be a progress and we have to do it in order to keep up with the changing world of education so that we remain [relevant] in the world arena,” said Ada.
