by Timothy Rutt
The Pasadena Unified District Board of Education appointed MIkala Rahn to fill the board's vacant seat at a special board meeting held Saturday at Pasadena City College.
Rahn is the founder/CEO of Learning Works, a charter school that targets teen mothers, youths on probation, and dropouts. She is also executive director of Community Works Learning Center, which provides tutoring and other enrichment services to parents and children, and of Public Works, a non-profit educational consulting firm.
“I would like to welcome Mikala Rahn to the PUSD board to serve the students of the district,” said PUSD Board President Renatta Cooper in a statement from the school district. “All of the candidates that appeared before the board were impressive in their background, diversity and genuine desire to improve public education for the children of Pasadena, Altadena and Sierra Madre.”
Rahn, a Sierra Madre resident, will represent District 4 on the board. That seat was vacated when board member Kim Kenne of Altadena won election to new geographic subdistrict Seat 5 in March and had to vacate her at-large Seat 4.
A total fo 38 people applied to fill the vacant seat. Nine were selected at the May 28 board meeting for final interviews.
