Arns, Petty to lead Quincy School Board

August 3, 2022 | By J. Robert Gough, Publisher

Quincy School Board President Shelley Arns and Vice-President Rachael Petty

QUINCY — The Quincy School Board unanimously elected Shelley Arns as president and Rachael Petty as vice-president in a brief special meeting Tuesday afternoon.

Sayeed Ali resigned as board president, but will remain on the board.

Arns had been vice president of the board since April 2021 when she took over for Mike Troup, who left the board following his election as Quincy’s mayor.

Arns was appointed to the board in July 2018 to replace Sandi Rose, then won her own four-year term the next year.

Petty won her first four-year term in April 2021.