"I am so excited to serve the students of the greatest city in the U.S.,” said Wanda Novales. “I’m so excited to work with our superintendent, our president and with the rest of the board.”
Reginald Streater was unanimously re-elected as president. Three candidates emerged for vice president: returning board members Sarah-Ashley Andrews and ChauWing Lam, and new board member Wanda Novales.Ultimately, Novales won the No. 2 spot after a runoff vote. She garnered five votes to Andrews’ four.
But board member Crystal Cubbage said she was supporting Novales “for balance’ sake” — both because Novales is new to the board and because she has experience as a district and charter teacher and administrator.a returning board member in the vice president slot, and she initially supported Lam because she “has a precision and a command of information and facts that will be immensely useful to us.