Don O’Day: “It’s an honor to lead.” Dave Matlow for WestportNow.comWestport’s seven-member Board of Education unanimously re-elected its three officers Monday night to terms of another year.
With Schools Superintendent Elliott Landon presiding, the board re-elected Donald O’Day as chairman. Later, with O’Day presiding, the board re-elected Jim Marpe, a board member since 2004, as vice chairman, and Faith Taylor, elected to the board in 2007, as secretary.
“It’s an honor to lead the Board of Education,” said O’Day, who has been on the board since 2005. “I’m really just one of seven members, but I just get to speak more than my other colleagues.
“I was thrilled that they have confidence in me to lead the board for another year,” he added.
