In a 4-2 vote, the St. Paul school board elected Jim Vue to step in for Marny Xiong Monday evening, who died in June from COVID-19.
The board interviewed 10 out of the 16 who applied for the short-term appointment over a videoconference meeting, three of which are former board members.
Because the vacancy occurred more than 90 days before Election Day, state law requires the board to temporarily appoint someone to fill the seat for the rest of this year.
Voters will decide Nov. 3 who will serve the final year of Xiong’s term. While the school board asked that applicants seeking the short-term appointment not also run in the November special election, Vue voiced intentions to also run in November during his interview.
In his interview, Vue said in this position he hopes to listen to students, parents, teachers and staff while tackling current issues the school faces, like the coronavirus pandemic and conversation about racism following the death of George Floyd.
“The ability to grieve for the loss of the way of life before COVID-19, the ability to grieve for the over-policing and killing of Black lives, the ability to grieve for Marny, for example – will be essential to the fellowship toward the changes we must face this year and in the coming years,” Vue said during his interview.
The school district released the short-term applicants’ names Monday morning, six days after the deadline to apply. They include former board members Jon Schumacher, Keith Hardy and Mary Doran.
The others are Jenne Nelson, A. Ray McCoy, Carl Johnson, Samakab Hussein, Jim Vue, Beatriz DeSantiago, Kevin D. Marquardt, Abu Nayeem, Eduardo Wolle, Libby Starling, Longkee Vang, Anne Kelly and Holly Windingstad.
The board narrowed down their nominees to Hardy, McCoy, Schumacher and Vue before electing Vue in the final vote.
“I’m hopeful for the folks who were not selected, that they will stay engaged with our district,” board member Steve Marchese said. “This is a tough time for us on the board and I think it’s been a hard month for all of us, so I appreciate that in this tough time with COVID and the loss of our chair that you came forward and said you wanted to participate with us.”
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