Everett school board selects former prosecutor to fill vacancy

EVERETT — At a special meeting Thursday, the Everett Public Schools Board of Directors selected Anna Marie Laurence to fill the vacant seat on the school board.

Laurence, a former prosecutor who serves on the board of a Seattle nonprofit, will be on the school board through December.

The seat on the board was left vacant after Caroline Mason, who served on the school board for more than a decade, resigned on March 11.

She will sit on a board helping to oversee 2,500 staff and more than 20,000 students across two cities and parts of unincorporated Snohomish County. Laurence’s appointment came after a marathon five-hour meeting where board members interviewed the five finalists for the position, accepted public comment, then deliberated in executive session before making their decision.

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