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A special Nov. 21 meeting is planned to swear in three new school board members \u2014 Ramirez, along with Maureen Stepp and Natalie Torres, who both easily won election over a pair of write-in candidates.<\/p>\n
They will join current school board members Jen Rupert and Jennifer Scherer<\/p>\n
In addition to the first two Latino members to serve on the school board in Ramirez and Torres, it marks the first time the Roaring Fork school board will be made up entirely of women.<\/p>\n
Recently, the Eagle County Schools board was all-female, but that changed with this year\u2019s election, according to Susan Meek, communications director for the Colorado Association of School Boards. She said she did not know of any other all-female school boards in Colorado, currently or in past years. <\/p>\n
Larson was appointed to a vacant seat on the school board and was automatically elected to the seat when the 2017 election was canceled for lack of any contested seats. He congratulated Ramirez and applauded the level of interest in this year\u2019s school board election.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to compliment Jasmin on the great job she did campaigning for the school board,\u201d Larson said. \u201cHer passion for her community, education and kids was on full display. She worked hard on the election, and I know she will continue the hard work for the schools.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur campaigns really got the community talking about education and our schools. At the end of the day, that is a good thing for our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Larson said he hopes to continue to be a resource for the school district in the future, both personally and through his professional work as vice president of student affairs for Colorado Mountain College.<\/p>\n
Ramirez added that, though her own experience was different being born and raised in California, she can relate to students and parents in a school district where more than 50% of the students are Latino.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had educators of color and knew a lot of people from diverse backgrounds in positions of influence,\u201d she said. \u201cA lot of students in our district have never met somebody like them who is in that kind of position \u2026 and to see the possibility in themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
She also thanked Larson, who she met with over lunch on Thursday to talk about the role of a school board member. Ramirez said she and the other new school board members plan to attend a Colorado Association of School Boards training conference for new school board members in December.\u00a0<\/p>\n