Wright to join school board in Volusia on Jan. 29

January 17, 2013 Filed under DAYTONA BEACH, VOLUSIA Posted by admin

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Ida Duncan Wright will be sworn in as the newest member of the Volusia County School Board on Jan. 29.

Ida Duncan Wright

In a runoff election, Wright easily defeated challenger retired educator Kathy Williams, wife of the late Al Williams, who died Oct. 1 2012, after winning re-election on Aug. 16 against Wright.

Wright, a business instructor at Bethune-Cookman University, garnered nearly 58 percent of the vote. She received 2,151 votes while Williams garnered 1,578.

A total of 3,729 people voted in the election, which were 5.6 percent of the 66,000 eligible voters in the district; 2,462 voted by absentee ballots.

District 2 includes most of Daytona Beach, South Daytona, Daytona Beach Shores, Ponce Inlet and part of Port Orange.

Wright, 46, will serve a four-year term that pays $34,010 annually.

The next regular School Board meeting will be held at 4 p.m. on Jan. 29 in the DeLand Administrative Complex Board Room, 200 North Clara Ave.