Schools
Nordstrom Elected Chair of Board of Education
Mandell will again serve as vice chair/treasurer, and Stensgard will be clerk.
Cindy Nordstrom is the new chair of the Inver Grove Heights Board of Education.
A board member since 2010, Nordstrom was elected as chair during Monday’s regular meeting. She replaced outgoing chair Mickey Difronzo, who lost his re-election bid for a third four-year term in the .
Other board officers for the coming year are Paul Mandell, vice chair/treasurer; and Lynette Stensgard, clerk. Mandell served in the same capacity last year. He and Stensgard joined the board in 2005.
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Bridget Sutton, the board’s longest serving member, started her third four-year term on Monday. She was the lone incumbent who won re-election.
Sworn in to the board by Superintendent Dr. Deirdre Wells during Monday’s meeting were newcomers Tom Begich, Allen Gerber and Mark Westpfahl.
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The board’s next regular meeting will be 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23.