BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The East Baton Rouge School Board has selected a new president and vice president. During an EBR School Board Committee Meeting on Thursday, Shashonnie Steward was chosen as the president and Michael Gaudet was selected as the vice president. Steward was approved with eight votes and Gaudet was approved with five votes. Both appointments are previous school board members, Steward represented District 4 and Gaudet represented District 7. Steward has been a school board member since 2022. Gaudet was appointed to the school board in 2017 and elected to full terms in 2018 and 2022. Latest News Ascension Parish community donates blood for New Orleans terror victims What is wildfire containment, and how does it work? Suspect in custody after triple homicide in St. Helena Parish Google Trends: Nearly every US state is searching the Broncos over the Bills Anita Bryant, anti-gay rights activist and singer, dead at 84