Education

Hantman is again Miami-Dade School Board chair. Broward elects new chair

Miami-Dade’s School Board re-elected its chair, Perla Tabares Hantman, and District 1 Board Member Steve Gallon III was re-elected vice chair, according to a school district press release.

This is Hantman’s 14th time (nonconsecutive) as chair since being elected to the School Board to represent District 4 in 1996. She is the first Hispanic woman to serve as chair, according to the district.

Gallon was first elected to the board in 2016. His colleagues have elected him as vice chair three times.

Broward County School Board Chair Laurie Rich Levinson
Broward County School Board Chair Laurie Rich Levinson Broward County Public Schools

Broward County’s School Board elected District 6 Member Laurie Rich Levinson as its chair and District 2 Board Member Patricia Good as vice chair.

Levinson and Good have both served on the School Board since 2010.

This story was originally published November 18, 2021 at 6:00 AM.

David Goodhue
Miami Herald
David Goodhue covers the Florida Keys and South Florida for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald. Before joining the Herald, he covered Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware. 
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