Cassandra Jones has been a member of the South Euclid Lyndhurst Schools Board of Education since 2009 and has served in a variety of capacities during her tenure in office. Specifically, Mrs. Jones has served as Board President and Vice President, the Ohio School Board Association Student Achievement Liaison, and also as Delegate and Member of the Black Caucus. She has routinely served as Council Representative to the City of South Euclid and City of Lyndhurst City Council meetings, attending in order to remain informed of significant community matters while reporting on valuable updates regarding the school district. Mrs. Jones has also served on the Strategic Planning Committee, and has been involved as a parent advocate as well, serving on multiple SEL PTA units and on the SEL Schools PTA Council. 

 

Apart from her service to the South Euclid Lyndhurst Schools, Mrs. Jones has also been a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer for the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court as well as a member of the New Community Bible Fellowship Church.  Mrs. Jones holds a Masters in Business Administration from Youngstown State University, which she earned in 2023, and has a background in Organizational Leadership. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and an Associate’s degree in Paralegal Studies. In her professional capacity, Mrs. Jones serves as an Administrative Supervisor with a local court. 

 

Cassandra Jones takes great pride in her service to the SEL school family, and has worked hard to establish meaningful school district policy, balance the budget and remain fiscally responsible, establishing goals and accountability standards and assisting in the providing of top quality educational services to the community in which she lives. 

 

Mrs. Jones and her husband James have had three children enrolled in the South Euclid Lyndhurst Schools, Shiloh, who graduated in 2014 from Brush High School, Bryan, who attended SEL Schools K-8^th and graduated from Benedictine High School in 2018, and Jamel, who graduated from Brush High School in 2021. She has been a resident of South Euclid since 2005. 

 

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Erin Lee is a member of the Board of Education and has served the South Euclid Lyndhurst Schools in this capacity since 2015. She began serving her second term in January 2020 and is currently serving her second year as Vice President. In that time, Board Member Lee has also been a member of the Black Caucus for the Ohio School Board Association and Legislative Liaison with the school district. Erin Lee has been extremely involved in the South Euclid Lyndhurst Schools in other roles and responsibilities, including being an active member of the Athletic Boosters organization. She has also served as PTA president at the council level and school level over the years as well for 8 years in total. Erin Lee has four children, the oldest of whom graduated from Charles F. Brush High School in 2021, along with three others children currently enrolled in the SEL Schools at various buildings. 

Erin Lee has been a resident of both the City of South Euclid and the City of Lyndhurst over the years, and remains quite active in, and dedicated to the communities served by our wonderful school district.  

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Kathy Falkenberg has served on the South Euclid Lyndhurst Board of Education since January of 2018, but prior to, was a teacher at Charles F. Brush High School for many years. While a devoted member of the teaching staff at Brush High School, she served as the Adviser for the Environmental Club and for Project Earth. In addition, Mrs. Falkenberg served as the Adviser for the National Honor Society as well. On the Board of Education, she has served in the capacity of Student Achievement representative, reporting upon, and becoming familiar with the accomplishments and milestones of our beloved student body in grades Kindergarten through 12th. 

 

In Mrs. Falkenberg’s personal time, she has devoted her volunteer efforts to several recycling groups in the area, helping to promote ecofriendly practices while minimizing the amount of unneeded waste in our environment. She also promotes and gives her time to a local group to spay and neuter feral cats, and has adopted a variety of them over the years as well. 

 

Mrs. Falkenberg has lived in the City of South Euclid for more than 30 years and had two daughters graduate from Brush High School, Kellyann in 1995, and Kristen in 1998.

Ashley King was elected to serve on the Board of Education in the fall of 2021 and officially takes office in January 2022. She is a proud resident of the City of South Euclid, where she has lived since 2017. Apart from her service to the South Euclid Lyndhurst Board of Education, Ms. King is the current Chair of the South Euclid Planning Commission and has served as a Board Member of the One South Euclid Community Development Corporation. 

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Crystal Shelby joins the South Euclid Lyndhurst Schools Board of Education in January 2024, having been a part of our school family since 2015. First serving as a room mom at Sunview Elementary School for her son’s homeroom, she has gone on to fulfill every position in the district’s PTA over the last 8 years, including President at Greenview and Memorial Junior High. Crystal has also served as Band Booster President at Charles F. Brush High School, and as a volunteer for the youth soccer organization in our community.

Currently working as an Operations Manager for a nationwide property management company, Crystal ensures compliance with federal government legal guidelines for hundreds of properties. She has two children enrolled in the South Euclid Lyndhurst Schools, Henry, at Brush High School and Reagan, at Memorial Junior High.

Crystal looks forward to working with her Board colleagues to affirm the district’s vision of being The Destination School Community and supporting the staff and administration in their pursuit of accomplishing our school goals. Brainstorming new ideas and finding solutions to challenges with fresh thoughts will be a priority, so that our district policies and procedures will be efficient and serve the whole child. Ultimately, Crystal intends to continue bringing our school district and community together by fostering strong relationships and keeping students in the SEL Schools.