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Lynchburg school board appoints new member


By Annie McCallum
amccallum@newsadvance.com
June 27, 2007




In a move that surprised some education officials, Lynchburg City Council on Tuesday voted not to reappoint school board vice chairman Thomas Webb to a new term.
In a 3-2 vote, council members instead appointed Liberty University professor Darin Gerdes to replace Webb. Council also, as expected, reappointed school board member Albert Billingsly to a new term and named Mary Ann Barker to replace board member Charles Hooks, who did not seek a new term.

"I'm just shocked," said school board chairwoman Julie Doyle, who was unaware of the change in Webb's position when reached at her home Tuesday evening.

School board members are appointed by City Council to serve three-year terms; it is unusual for council not to reappoint an incumbent seeking a new term.

Webb, who could not be reached for comment Tuesday, has 38 years of education experience in Campbell County Schools and retired as Rustburg Elementary principal in 2002.

It's already been mentioned on the radio that Webb is a UVA and VT grad, and was ousted for a LU and Regent grad *gasp*

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there was a thread already started by sly. let's move all of the talk there.