The Special School District Board of Education appointed Zella Williams, retired Hazelwood School District administrator, to represent Subdistrict 1 on the Board of Education. Subdistrict 1 represents the Hazelwood and Riverview Gardens school districts. The seat was formerly held by Lorenzo Winston, who resigned in June.
Williams will serve until March, when the Governing Council will elect a representative to serve the remaining year of the term.
Williams retired last year from HSD after a 38-year career in education. She served as a classroom teacher, guidance counselor and principal before being named assistant superintendent for school accountability in 2003. She is a resident of the Hazelwood School District.
She said she is looking forward to the opportunity of serving on the SSD board.
“After being retired for a year, I am anxious to be in the position again of helping children, parents and the community,” she said. “Serving on the SSD Board of Education will afford me that opportunity.”
Williams and her husband, Will, have been married for 36 years and have three grown sons. She is also an active community volunteer and belongs to many civic and professional organizations, including the American Association of School Administrators, the Charmaine Chapman Leadership Society of the United Way and the Kiwanis Club of Florissant Valley.