The Revere Board of Education (BOE) elected a new president and vice president with several ideas for improvements to the district.

In January, the Revere BOE elected Kasha Brackett to her first term as President since becoming a member of the school board in 2024. She also works as the Assistant Administrator for Bath Township.

That same month, the BOE elected Jennifer Burke as Vice President. The Revere community elected Burke onto the school board in November 2025 after she had previously served on the board of the Cuyahoga Valley Career Center (CVCC) as vice president. Now, along with her role on the Revere BOE, she serves as President of the CVCC board.

The BOE is made up of five members elected by the public. Their responsibilities are to hire a superintendent and treasurer and set policy for the district. Their primary purpose, however, is to represent the community of voters living in the district.

The process of electing a president begins with the nomination of candidates. The group then votes for who they think is the best fit.

In years past, the role of president had been a unanimous decision; however, unlike previous groups, this year, Brackett won 3 to 2.

Rather than seeing the divide as a weakness, Brackett sees it as an opportunity to better represent the different opinions in the community through the school board.

“We are all different people coming from different backgrounds with different thoughts on how things should go. The challenge is making sure that I make people feel heard and like their voices matter. That is really important to me that everybody, not only on the board, but in the community, feels represented and feels heard and feels like there is a place for them to voice their thoughts and opinions,” Brackett said.

Jefferey Bowler, a member, is in his first year on the board. To him, differences in opinion are what make the school board stronger, as the diversity reflects the upbringing of both the board members and the community.

“Any time you have a new board, you are feeling out how you are going to work with each other and the communication process, and the communication process is really important. I do not think a healthy board should agree completely on every single topic, and we did not. We are five different people who were raised in five different households and had different experiences,” Bowler said.

Burke also saw the split vote as a positive, seeing it as a diversity of opinions reflected on the school board.

“It was a great example of different viewpoints being expressed and demonstrated to the public,” Burke said.

As a resident of Bath Township, Bowler encountered Brackett through her role in the administration of the township. These interactions with her are one of the reasons he chose her as president.

“I had some experience with interactions with Kasha [Brackett] as a member in her role with Bath Township, so I have had the chance to observe her leadership and her skill set in her duties. I was impressed with her work there and the way that she carries herself and handles herself with her duties,” Bowler said.

After receiving feedback from the community that expressed a desire for more transparency around decisions made by the board, the group wanted to focus on making the board more transparent.

“We [the BOE] are elected members because we are chosen by our communities to serve on the board; it is up to us to make sure that we are representing those voters and those taxpayers. When we hear that we want more transparency, then I also believe it is very important to be transparent,” Burke said.

The board will focus on transparency in how it deliberates on issues and how it conducts meetings.

“I want to make some changes to the way that we run our meetings to make them a lot more transparent. [For instance, having]  a lot more robust conversations happening so that the five of us together are talking through any decisions, and then also bringing in more people to our meetings,” Brackett said.

The board intends to take actions to allow the community to participate more and hear what goes on inside board discussions.

“I have expressed that I would like to have groups in every work session so that we can also hear from them and what they are doing for students in our district, and then we might be able to support them. We can talk through everything out in public and make sure the public’s really aware that we are having these good discussions and that they are being done out in the open,” Brackett said.

Bowler sees the benefit of slowing down and having a deliberative process to involve the community.

“What we want to ensure is that when it comes to policy, we are really taking the time and the diligence to ensure that we have good, strong policy. We voice our opinions about it, but we also listen to the community,” Bowler said.

Brackett ultimately wants everyone in the Revere District, board members and community members alike, to be heard.

“I am trying to pull in lots of different perspectives that might differ from our own perspective. We are all different people coming from different backgrounds with different thoughts on how things should go. So the challenge is making sure that I make people feel heard and like their voice matters. It is really important to me that everybody, not only on the board, but everybody in the community, feels represented, feels heard and feels like there is a place for them to voice their thoughts and concerns,” Brackett said.

Regular meetings of the board are typically held at 5:30 pm on the third Tuesday of each month at the Revere High School Media Center.