Redondo Beach Board of Education welcomes members, talks state budget
Newly sworn-in School Board members Brad Waller, Michael Christensen and Brad Serkin after their inauguration. Photo The mood was lighter at this week’s Board of Education meeting than it was two weeks ago, when the community bid three termed-out board members a teary farewell. Tuesday night, their replacements – Brad Serkin, Michael Christensen, and Brad Waller, who were all elected unopposed – took their respective oaths. Brad Serkin, a lifetime South Bay resident who moved to Redondo Beach in 2000, enters the fray fresh from a four-year stint as president and treasurer of the Redondo Beach Educational Foundation. As a father of two Alta Vista Elementary School students, he wants to do his part to ensure the Redondo Beach school district continues on a path to “excellence” and continues to produce the economic drivers of the future. “I believe it is all of our responsibilities as community members to ensure that our children are well prepared to be good citizens and prepare them for the jobs of tomorrow,” he said. The school board is recovering from a “tough” period, “economically and otherwise,” Serkin said, and he wants to help steer it to stable ground. He wants to increase…
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