1/15/13 - Michael Witt was elected president of the Howell Board of Education when it conducted its first meeting of 2013 Monday night. Other officers elected for the year were Michael Yenshaw, vice president; Kim Witt, secretary; and Doug Moore, treasurer. Witt replaces former board president Ann Routt, who was defeated for reelection. The meeting was the first regularly scheduled one for four new board members elected last fall: Yenshaw, Michael Maloney, Deborah McCormick and Stacy Pasini. Witt says the main challenge the board will face in the foreseeable future is dwindling financial resources, with the state having cut $450 per student in public education funding last year â funding which has not been restored with the stateâs improving economy. For Howell â the largest district in the county with about 7,900 students - that means the loss of several million dollars in each of the last two years. (TT)
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