Ball State appoints MCS board members
When the new Muncie Community Schools Board meets in July, the faces will look familiar. Four current members, whose terms expire this year, have been re-appointed to the seven-person board.
Friday afternoon, the Ball State University Board of Trustees voted to appoint Keith O’Neal and James Williams to the board. President Mearns appointed two members. Brittany Bales came from a list of nominees from Muncie Mayor Dan Ridenour. WaTasha Barnes Griffin was nominated by the Muncie City Council.
With these four reappointments, the seven-member board governing MCS will be the same as it was when Ball State began managing the district through a partnership in 2018.
The MCS board has seven members. Five are appointed by the Ball State Board of Trustees. Two are appointed by the Ball State president. Mayor Dan Ridenour nominates one of those two nominees. The other is nominated by the Muncie City Council.
MCS board members Mark Ervin, Dave Heeter, and Jim Lowe have staggered terms that expire in future years.
- Brittany Bales
Employed by BSU as lecturer of special education
MCS and BSU graduate
Former teacher at MCS
Parent of two MCS students
Muncie resident - WaTasha Barnes Griffin
Employed by YWCA as executive director
Graduate of MCS and parent of MCS students
Indiana Black Expo, local chapter president
Shafer Leadership Academy, board member
Delaware County Prevention Council
Muncie resident - Keith O’Neal
Founder and Lead Pastor of Destiny Christian Church
Attended MCS, as did his children
Second Harvest Food Bank, board chair
Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, board member
Youth Opportunity Center, board member
Collective Coalition of Concerned Clergy, member
Muncie Theology Institute, president
Muncie resident - James Williams
Partner with DeFur Voran & former state court judge
BSU employee-adjunct faculty
BSU Foundation board of directors
Board President, Birth to 5 of Delaware County
Muncie resident
Read Ball State’s news release about the Board of Trustees meeting here.