{"id":267855,"date":"2018-01-11T06:06:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T20:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=267855"},"modified":"2018-01-11T06:06:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T20:06:27","slug":"ada-reelected-boe-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/ada-reelected-boe-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Ada reelected as BOE chair"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Board of Education chair Marylou Ada, center, at the BOE regular board meeting held yesterday on Capitol Hill. (Bea Cabrera)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The CNMI Board of Education unanimously agreed to maintain the status quo of elected officers in fiscal year 2018.<\/p>\n

The agency that oversees the CNMI Public School System elected its officers for fiscal year 2018 yesterday making Marylou Ada the chairwoman, Janice Tenorio the vice chairwoman, and Herman Atalig as secretary\/treasurer for another term during its first regular meeting of the year on Capitol Hill. <\/p>\n

After Atalig\u2019s reelection as secretary\/treasurer, he expressed that he will assume the job only if the board follows the by-laws strictly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am looking at the by-laws of the BOE, the duties and responsibilities\u2026 I would assume that job if we follow the by-laws because there is a strict duty for secretary and treasurer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want my colleagues to support me…and review the by-laws because it has strict responsibilities and I would enforce those responsibilities,\u201d he added<\/p>\n

Ada assured Atalig that as the secretary\/treasurer, he has the full support and cooperation of the board.<\/p>\n

Before the nomination and election of the officers was reached, board members voiced out their opinions of having the same set of leadership in the board.<\/p>\n

Atalig voiced out his thoughts when he said that members who will sit as officers of the board should be rotated.<\/p>\n

\u201cI totally feel that it should be rotated. I commend the present chair for doing a great job. However, we need to give other people an opportunity to be chair as Ada had been our chair four times already,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny of us can sit as chair if all of us unite and work as one team and my goal and dream is for us to work together\u2026 in my mind, I think Florine (Hofschneider) or Janice (Tenorio) be the chair to continue whatever Marylou (Ada) has not finished as her goals because we could all pitch in and help that person,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Atalig said that he doesn\u2019t want to be chair and thinks that it\u2019s time for Tinian and Janice Tenorio to be nurtured and mentored.<\/p>\n

Hofschneider shared Atalig\u2019s sentiments about the board leadership developing each board member.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt (chair position) offers different point of view, different way of managing the board because the board as an entity sets the tone and not the chair. The chair simply administers what is needed to make it work\u2026 having the same chair should be done with the consent of every member,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s truly fair that each one of us an opportunity\u2026 to be chair you need to be able to navigate the political scenery of the CNMI and I am not one of them so forget that. We need to be realistic of what we can and cannot do, our strengths and weaknesses,\u201d she added<\/p>\n

Board member Herman Guerrero said that every member is authorized to nominate any candidate they see fit. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf they want somebody else they can nominate as that is a democratic system. Whether they like it or not, let\u2019s move on and decide who has the votes. A nomination is a prerogative of every member of the board,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For the board chair position, Ada was first to be nominated and Tenorio second. However, the latter declined the nomination.<\/p>\n

Tenorio thanked the members that nominated her but maintains that Ada should still be the chair. \u201cI decline this time and maintain that Ada as chair,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

In a later interview, Tenorio said the continuity of the officers is good for the Public School System, which BOE oversees.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to support the initial start-up of projects, ongoing procedures and developments in the system\u2026we have a very good team,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand the rotation but I believe in continuing the (tenure) officers so as not to disrupt the continuing growth and shared goals with the administrators and teachers of our schools,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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