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NEWPORT BEACH : Educator Elected to Head School Board

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Longtime educator Forrest Werner has taken the helm of the Board of Trustees of Newport-Mesa Unified School District, replacing outgoing president Sherry Loofbourrow.

Werner, 62, is a counselor at Pacifica High School in Garden Grove and has served on the board for the past decade. He was unanimously approved for the post by the board at a recent meeting.

The post is a one-year term during which the president chairs the twice-monthly school board meetings.

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Loofbourrow will remain as a board member.

Supt. John W. Nicoll was also reappointed to the post of board secretary at the meeting earlier this month.

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