(La Porte, IN) - The La Porte School Board will have two new members when Monica Beaty and Tucker King are sworn in after the New Year.

The school board will enter 2025 without two longtime members, Rhonda Spence and Marie Gilliland.  Spence served on the school board for 18 years while Gilliland held a seat on the board for 12 years. During her final board meeting, Gilliland concluded her service by saying “Go Slicers.” The outgoing members were given plaques in appreciation of their years of service on the board. 

The swearing in ceremony for Beaty and King, who are both La Porte High School graduates, is scheduled prior to the next regularly scheduled meeting of the school board on January 13. King is assistant city engineer for the City of La Porte while Beaty is a revenue audit manager for Four Winds Casino.