School board president to be named tonight

Deirdre Newman

The school board’s next president will probably be a slam-dunk

decision tonight, barring another shocker like that seen at the Costa

Mesa City Council meeting last week.

Martha Fluor, currently the board’s vice-president, will probably

ascend to the presidency, trustee Serene Stokes said.

But other trustees who support Fluor are reluctant to guarantee

her election as the new president after Karen Robinson’s upset of

expected mayor Gary Monahan on the Costa Mesa City Council.

“We are kind of spooked, based on what happened in Costa Mesa,”

trustee Dana Black said.

Current President Judy Franco said she wasn’t sure who was

interested since she had not yet seen the forms the trustees fill out

expressing their desire for certain leadership positions and

committees.

The school board president presides over meetings and is the only

trustee who attends all of the agenda meetings.

Fluor, who’s been on the board since 1992 and has been president

twice, was unavailable for comment Monday.