{"id":244965,"date":"2026-05-27T10:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/244965\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T10:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:26:17","slug":"three-trustees-receive-board-achievement-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/244965\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Trustees Receive Board Achievement Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MOUNT VERNON \u2013 Board of Education President Dr. Donna Marable and trustees Dr. Chris McDonough and Erica Peterson were recognized with Board Achievement Awards by the New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA). They were presented with certificates noting the achievement by Superintendent Dr. Demario Strickland at the Board of Education meeting on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Trustee Marable was honored with a Level 3 Board Achievement Award, Trustee McDonough received a Level 2 Board Achievement Award, and Trustee Peterson received a Level 1 Board Achievement Award.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-70463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NYSSBA-BoardAwards-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Demario Strickland presented trustee Erica Peterson with a certificate noting her achievement.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"  \/>Dr. Demario Strickland presented trustee Erica Peterson with a certificate noting her achievement.<\/p>\n<p>In their recognition letters, NYSSBA wrote that the trustees received these awards due to their \u201congoing association professional development and\/or accepting additional leadership roles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The trustees each stressed the importance of civic participation and continuing to learn more about their role on the board to better serve the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I became a trustee, one of my main goals was to make sure, not only for myself but for the community, that I educated myself as much as possible,\u201d said Trustee Peterson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI encourage people to get involved civically and take it seriously. It is a complicated role and there\u2019s a lot to learn, so keep trying,\u201d said Trustee McDonough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to NYSSBA for encouraging us to continue our education. We are a board of education, and education is important. And so again, I encourage each and every one of you to continue to learn more and more and more,\u201d Trustee Marable said after receiving her recognition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-70461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NYSSBA-BoardAwards-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Demario Strickland presented trustee Dr. Chris McDonough with a certificate noting his achievement.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"  \/>Dr. Demario Strickland presented trustee Dr. Chris McDonough with a certificate noting his achievement.<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); pfTrackEvent('Three Trustees Receive Board Achievement Awards'); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pf-button-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/printfriendly-pdf-email-button-md.png\" alt=\"Print Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\" style=\"width: 194px;height: 30px;\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MOUNT VERNON \u2013 Board of Education President Dr. Donna Marable and trustees Dr. Chris McDonough and Erica Peterson&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-244965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}