School Board Chairman Mollie Cunningham was re-elected in the Aug. 20 primary with 57.32% of votes in her favor. She had faced opposition from Gavin Rollins, who garnered 42.68% of the votes.
Cunningham joined the Lake County School Board in 2020 as the first African American woman elected to serve. She is a long-time educator who began a career in Lake County as a speech therapist in 1982 and later retired as principal of Carver Middle School in 2017.
On the School Board, she represents District 4, which includes the following schools: Astatula Elementary, Mount Dora Middle, Mount Dora High, Tavares Elementary, Tavares Middle, Tavares High, Triangle Elementary, Lake Hills School and the Academy at Lake Hills-North.
By Lake County Schools
