Garnett Bale, who received 2,282 vote in the November general election, signs the necessary paperwork after getting sworn in as the newest Glasgow Independent Schools Board of Education member on Dec. 9. Michael Crimmins/Glasgow News 1
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
The five members of the Glasgow Independent Schools Board of Education welcomed a new face into their ranks and said farewell to an old one during the last meeting of 2024.
Even though he won’t officially begin his tenure on the board until January, Garnett Bale was sworn in after he received 2,282 votes in the previous November general election.
“I’m excited,” Bale said. “I’ve spent a year-and-a-half on South Green [Elementary’s] Site-Based Decision Making Council so I’ve eased into this. I’m excited; I’m happy to be able to give back to a district that’s given me and my sisters our education, and that’s educating my kids.”
Bale, who is an alumnus of the district and graduated in 2001, said he “is a staunch advocate for public education” and is the first time on the board of education. He also added he’s been thinking of possibly running for this position for about three years and used South Green’s council to “ease” into educational governing to see if he’s “cut out for it.”
“I did a full year — 23 and 24 — to ease into this some so I’m not nervous, I’m excited,” Bale said. “This is not a decision that came quickly or lightly, I’ve been thinking about this for 3 or 4 years and that’s why I did [the Site-Based Decision Making Council]…and I just found myself wanting to do more.”
Garnett Bale is the son of Phillip Bale, who is a current Board of Regents member at Western Kentucky University and who, himself, served 12 years on the Glasgow school board.
In the same vein, and with current chair commenting that now “there were too many members,” the board recognized outgoing member and chairperson Amelia Kiser. She did not seek reelection in the general election.
Superintendent Chad Muhlenkamp, who commented that he was the seventh superintendent Kiser has seen while on the board, thanked her for her numerous years of service.
She said she enjoyed her 16 years of service on the board — even if it hadn’t always been the easiest — and is happy with the positive direction the district is heading.
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