BARBARA S. COTTAM will step down on Oct. 6 from her role as chairperson of the R.I. Board of Education to take on a new role with the U.S. Department of Commerce. / PBN FILE PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS
PROVIDENCE – The state’s education board chairperson will soon be heading to the nation’s capital to work with Rhode Island’s former governor. In a Sept. 28 letter to Gov. Daniel J. McKee, R.I. Board of Education Chairperson Barbara S. Cottam informed the governor that she will be stepping down from the board on Oct. 6…