New school board member appointed

July 29, 2010

By Tim Mandell Register News Writer The Richmond Register Thu Jul 29, 2010, 10:00 AM EDT

RICHMOND — Mona Isaacs has been appointed to fill the vacant school board position for Madison County Schools.

Isaacs, who is the associate vice president for information technology at Eastern Kentucky University, was one of two candidates to submit her name for the position held by Glyn Green.

Green announced his resignation at the end of the June meeting, citing personal reasons.

Terry Holliday, Kentucky’s commissioner of education, appointed Isaacs to the position on Monday.

Isaacs will hold the position through the end of 2010.

“I am very passionate about education,” Isaacs said. “I know, firsthand what a difference education has made in my life and my family’s life. Through my work at EKU, I get to see the difference education makes in the lives of students.”

Isaacs, 50, lives in Berea and is a native of Madison County.

She graduated from Madison Central High School in 1977 and attended EKU, receiving a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and computer science teaching and a master’s of education in secondary education.

This is the first time Isaacs has held a position of public office.

“I am at a place in my life where I am looking for opportunities to make a difference,” she said. “I am very fortunate to have this opportunity to serve the students of Madison County.”

Isaacs said her first agenda will be to learn as much as possible about the school board and the district to help her make well-informed and objective contributions.

“I believe our obligation to our children is to prepare them for productive lives and the challenges and opportunities they will meet,” she said. “A quality education is an important part of that preparation.”

Isaacs, who said she enjoys the outdoors and traveling, has a 28-year-old daughter, Stevie Johnson, who lives in Lexington.

The next school board meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Aug. 12 at the lecture hall at Madison Central High School.

Tim Mandell can be reached at tmandell@richmondregister.com or 623-1669 ext. 6696.

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