Despite the efforts to unseat her, Rosa Gill is back as chairwoman of the school board.

Gill was unanimously elected as chairwoman for another one-year term. Lori Millberg, who was rumored to be lobbying for the job, seconded the nomination.

What might explain how things turned out is that Kevin Hill was elected vice chairman. He got the job after Beverley Clark declined the nomination because she said she had too much on her plate. Clark proceeded to nominate Hill.

Rosa Gill, chairwoman of the school board, has got a coup d’état on her hands.

As noted in today's article, Gill faces opposition in her bid to be re-elected to a one-year term as chairwoman on Tuesday. Even though Lori Millberg won’t comment, she’s cited by other board members as being Gill’s challenger.

It’s leading to some interesting bedfellows. For instance, Ron Margiotta is backing Gill despite their many public tiffs.

“I believe Rosa has done a good job in reaching out to the community,” Margiotta said.

School board members are bracing themselves for bad news from today’s meeting of the county commissioners.

It’s looking likely that commissioners will only give the school board a total of $319.2 million, $36 million less than requested. Potentially even worse for the school board, commissioners could also decide to allocate that $319.2 million for specific purposes rather than providing a lump sum.

The commissioners could tie the school board's hands on how much money to spend for classroom instruction, administration, transportation and other needs.

“I hope it really doesn’t happen,” said school board member Kevin Hill.