BOE elects new president, vice president

The Mountain Brook Board of Education elected a new president and vice president at its meeting on Tuesday, June 16. 

Brad Sklar was elected president and Elizabeth Dunn was elected vice president. The board's previous president was Jane Menendez, who stepped down at the end of the 2014-2015 school year. 

Sklar is in his fifth year on the board and Dunn is in her sixth. Both members are graduates of Mountain Brook High School. 

"We are privileged to have a great superintendent in Dicky Barlow and energetic board members. We are excited to continue to work hard to provide the resources necessary for our administrators, teachers and principals to meet the needs of our students. The mission of Mountain Brook Schools is to provide an effective, challenging and engaging education for every one of our students. That has been our mission and our focus in the past and will continue to be so in the future," Sklar said. 

The meeting was also the first for recently appointed board member Nicky Barnes. Barnes has previously served as PTO president at both Crestline Elementary and Mountain Brook High School.

The board also:

• Approved financial statements.
• Reviewed college admissions data for 2015 graduates.
• Approved the 2015-2016 board meeting calendar.
• Approved the adoption of English language arts materials for fifth graders.
• Approved personnel recommendations.
• Approved new math courses at Mountain Brook High School.
• Presented a certificate of affirmation to Nicky Barnes.

The next board meeting will be July 13 at 3:30 p.m. in the Board of Education building at 32 Vine Street.