Rios Chosen For Wauwatosa School Board Vacancy

Carmela Rios will join the Wauwatosa School Board after she was chosen to fill a vacancy left by 37-year board member Lois Weber, reported Wauwatosa Now.

Rios challenged and lost to incumbent Phil Kroner for his seat in the April election. 

Other candidates included Kristy Casey, Tyra Hildebrand, Michael Huitink, and Gay Leigh Calquhoun-Mundy, reported Wauwatosa Now.

Rios has been a science teacher at Saint Joan Antida High School and the Greendale School District. 

The 10-year Wauwatosa resident has a B.S. in Biology from University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, a M.S. in Natural Science from Michigan State University and is working on a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology at Marquette University.

• More information on Carmela Rios.

Elected in 1976, Weber was been a continuous presence on the seven-member board and served a number of terms as president, most recently from 2011 through 2012.

During that leadership term, her last as an officer, Weber guided the board through what she called the most challenging time in her own memory, as the District faced a $6 million budget gap during the protracted battle in Madison over Act 10.

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