Bedford gets new school board member

Lisa Beins-McCaig selected out of six candidates

Courtesy photo Lisa Beins McCaig, left, shakes hands with Shaun Gilmore, President of Biomedical Services, as Gail McGovern, President and CEO of the American Red Cross looks on. Mrs. McCaig of Temperance recently received the Presidential Award of Excellence, the highest internal honor presented annually by the American Red Cross. Tonight she joined the Bedford School Board

TEMPERANCE -- The Bedford Public Schools Board of Education on Tuesday night selected Lisa Beins-McCaig to join the board from among six candidates, board President Mike Smith said.

Ms. Beins-McCaig, a 1988 graduate of Bedford High School, will fill the unexpired term -- through December, 2014 -- of Shawna Smith, who resigned for health reasons.

The new member, a Temperance resident, has been an involved parent and has attended school board meetings, Mr. Smith said.

"She has a good understanding of what a board member is supposed to do," Mr. Smith said.

She will take her seat for the board's committee of the whole meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday.