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School Board Members Take Office

Posted on: Friday, 6 January 2006, 18:00 CST

By LINDA BORG Journal Staff Writer

PROVIDENCE - Four new Providence School Board members were sworn in yesterday by Mayor David N. Cicilline during a ceremony at City Hall.

Joining the School Board are Rosanna Castro, Jill W. Holloway, Katherine F. McKenzie and Ronnie M. Young. The four were among nine finalists interviewed by the School Board Nominating Commission from a larger pool of applicants.

Castro is a graduate of the Providence public schools and Brown University, where she earned a degree in public policy. She works as a family-planning coordinator for the Rhode Island Department of Health and teaches English as a second language at the International Institute.

Holloway has a master's degree in education from Keene State College in New Hampshire and is enrolled in the doctoral program of educational leadership at Johnson & Wales University. She is the director of outreach and admission of Year Up, a youth program, and headed the guidance department at the Met School in Providence from 1996 to 2004.

McKenzie is group executive vice president and head of human resources for Citizens Financial Group. She graduated from Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory, N.C., with a degree in secondary education. She has spent her career in financial services, working her way up from bank teller.

Young is a graduate of Classical High School and a senior at Roger Williams University, where he is studying criminal justice and public administration and is a member of the honor society. He works for Greater Elmwood Neighborhood Services as a community planner. He serves on the Community Prep School Alumni Relations Committee.

Castro, Holloway and McKenzie will replace three board members whose terms expired: Adeloa Oredola, Dilania Inoa and Dr. Milton Hamolsky. Young will complete the unexpired term of Robyn Frye, who moved from Providence.

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Mayor David N. Cicilline greets new School Board member Rosanna Castro at her swearing-in ceremony yesterday. With them are, from left, new board members Jill W. Holloway, Ronnie M. Young and Katherine F. McKenzie. The four were selected from an original group of 25 applicants.

JOURNAL PHOTO / KRIS CRAIG

Source: Providence Journal

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