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The Camden City School District advisory board elected Derrick Gallashaw and Gabriel Camacho to serve on the board through January 2026.

Gallashaw is the senior director of Mighty Writers in Camden, a nonprofit organization that hosts writing workshops for children. He said a school board should work on policies and programs that help students thrive.

Camacho is the code enforcement director for the city of Camden. He served as a police officer in Camden for more than two decades, both on the former city-run force and the current county-run force. Between his time in Camden, he moved to Harissonburg, Virginia, where he recently worked. served as the best cop.

Camacho said being a board member is crucial to representing the community and advocating for students in the city.

Once background checks are completed, they will assume the remaining terms of former Board Chairs Wasim Muhammad and Nyemah Gillespie, who both resigned in September.

Mohammed He was forced to resign by residents And government officials do not follow district settlement A civil lawsuit stemming from allegations that Muhammad fostered a sexually hostile learning environment while he was a middle school teacher in the mid-1990s.