Kennedy steps down as Sacramento City schools trustee
Published: Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014 - 5:03 pm
Patrick Kennedy will step down Friday as trustee and president of the Sacramento City Unified School District board as he awaits his new post on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors.
Gabe Ross, spokesman for the school district, said First Vice President Darrel Woo is in line to take Kennedy’s place as school board president for the balance of this year.
Kennedy has represented the school district’s south neighborhoods, Area 7, since 2008. He was nearly midway through his second four-year term when he ran a successful June campaign for District 2 county supervisor, receiving 84 percent of the vote. He will replace Supervisor Jimmy Yee, who is retiring.
Kennedy will not be sworn in to the Board of Supervisors until January, but his Sacramento City Unified departure Friday allows the district to place his board seat on the November ballot along with other general election races.
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