DISPATCH STAFF REPORT February 17, 2010 11:51:00 AM
The Columbus City Council Tuesday appointed Currie Fisher to the Columbus Municipal School District board seat vacated by Julie Jordan.
Though the vote was unanimous, Ward 2 Councilman Joseph Mickens noted no board members currently have children in the school district, and urged the council to consider future appointments should be made from candidates with children in the district at the time the appointment is sought.
Fisher, an independent consultant, was born and raised in Columbus. She graduated from Hunt High School. Her mother, Lucille Brewer, ran the former Blue Goose Cafe and Motel on College Street in the Sandfield area. She graduated from the University of Maryland after briefly attending Mississippi University for Women in 1969.
Fisher and her husband, Johnny, returned to Columbus three years ago. While away she spent 18 years working for the Delaware River Port Authority in Camden, N.J., managing the technology support desk, and the state attorney’s office in Baltimore. She now owns and operates Fisher Enterprises, a business consulting firm specializing in computer applications and workflow processing.
She has said her business experience and passion for students will ensure her contribution to the school board.
“I know we have to have good direction, proper planning, budgeting and the interest of the children must be at heart. People must work together to establish that vision,” Fisher said previously.
Other candidates included Adrienne Morris, a learning and development specialist in the human resources management department at Mississippi State University; Hosea Heard, an operator technician for Weyerhaeuser; and Clifford Reynolds, principal of West Lowndes High School.
Jordan, wife of former Ward 5 City Councilman Jay Jordan, served nearly 10 years on the Columbus Municipal School District board of trustees. She stepped down Jan. 5 to take a job with the Mississippi School Board Association in Jackson.
