Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, July 4, 1995 TAG: 9507050087
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV5 EDITION: HOLIDAY
SOURCE: LISA APPLEGATE STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG LENGTH: Medium
During the School Board's yearly reorganization meeting, Chairman Roy Vickers successfully lobbied for a major change: ending the meetings by 11:30 p.m.
With recent meetings ending at 2 a.m. and 4 a.m., Vickers said it only made sense to follow the Board of Supervisors' lead and adopt a policy in which a two-thirds of the school board members must vote to continue a meeting past 11:30.
Vickers, chairman since 1993, was re-appointed to the post for another year. Board members Annette Perkins and Dick Edwards voted against the nomination.
Edwards, who covers the Hethwood and Laurel Creek areas of District F, also was nominated as chairman, but was defeated, 2-7.
Vickers was criticized last year by the Blacksburg Parent Teacher Association, which said he failed to represent his district's concerns. Last month, he was reappointed to his board seat, which will last until 1998.
Barry Worth, the representative for District D, which covers the Riner area, was the only member nominated for the vice chairman's seat previously occupied by David Moore.
In other appointments, Lisa McAlexander - secretary for Superintendent Herman Bartlett - was elected as the board's clerk until a permanent clerk is hired. Revonda Brumfield, clerk for nearly a decade, announced her resignation two weeks ago.
Behind closed doors in executive session, the board voted to appoint Charlotte Sellers as the second assistant principal at Blacksburg High School. Sellers formerly served as an assistant principal at Christiansburg High School.
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