Three new members of the City and Borough of Juneau Board of Education took their seats at a Tuesday meeting at Thunder Mountain High School library.<\/p>\n
Paul Kelly, Ebett Siddon and Kevin Allen all ran uncontested in the Oct. 2 municipal election, taking the seats<\/a> of outgoing board members Emil Mackey and Andi Story — who left to run for higher office — and Josh Keaton, who did not run again.<\/p>\n The board also formed a subcommittee to search for a new superintendent.<\/p>\n City attorney Robert Palmer swore in the new board members before a TMHS library packed with family and friends of the new and old board members.<\/p>\n Kelly<\/a> is a programmer with the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF). Siddon<\/a> is fisheries biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. Allen<\/a>, the youngest member of the board, is only two years out of high school. He graduated from TMHS in 2016 and now takes classes at the University of Alaska Southeast.<\/p>\n Allen, 20, who had twice previously ran for school board, jumped at a chance to participate from the start, seconding the approval a consent agenda — a routine item of board business — in about half a second.<\/p>\n “Nicely done,” board president Brian Holst said.<\/p>\n Running uncontested for the seat, Kelly didn’t have to make his case to voters. He told the Empire he hopes to prove his worth through his work on the board.<\/p>\n Siddon told the Empire that the three new board members have their work cut out for them getting up to speed.<\/p>\n “I just have so much to learn about what the breadth of our role is,” Siddon said.<\/p>\n The board voted to reinstate President Brian Holst without objection. Vice President Dan DeBartolo was elected board vice president, taking the place of Keaton, the outgoing VP.<\/p>\n