The Hamilton County School Board will not only have a new chairman, District 2 will have a new representative.
Kathy Lennon will replace Jonathan Welch on the Hamilton County Board of Education after receiving 1,791 votes to Welch’s 1,693 in last week’s race. Welch has served on the board since 2012 and as chairman since last year.
Lennon, 60, is a former educator at parochial schools and director of special projects and development at Chattanooga WorkSpace.
“I’m very excited about working with the new school board members,” she said. “I am excited and I think there are a lot of good things for us to accomplish.”
She said she couldn’t have more respect for Welch, adding, “We really conducted ourselves well and had a great race together.”