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Holtman to resign from Portsmouth School Committee

Resignation is effective Sept. 1

By Jim McGaw
Posted 8/26/20

PORTSMOUTH — Catherine Holtman, who was elected to the School Committee in 2018, is resigning from the board effective Sept. 1.

The committee accepted her resignation Tuesday night with …

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Holtman to resign from Portsmouth School Committee

Resignation is effective Sept. 1

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PORTSMOUTH — Catherine Holtman, who was elected to the School Committee in 2018, is resigning from the board effective Sept. 1.

The committee accepted her resignation Tuesday night with a “heavy heart,” Committee Chairwoman Emily Copeland said.

Ms. Holtman shared her reasons for stepping down in an e-mail to The Portsmouth Times: 

“Due to the challenges the pandemic presented this past spring with my husband and I juggling work along with having two young children at home, and the uncertainty surrounding the upcoming year due to COVID-19 (I'm optimistic we will open, but have concerns around daycare/school closures and a second wave, etc.), I have decided at this time to resign and focus on the immediate needs of my children and work.”

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A lifelong Portsmouth resident, Jim graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1982 and earned a journalism degree from the University of Rhode Island in 1986. He's worked two different stints at East Bay Newspapers, for a total of 18 years with the company so far. When not running all over town bringing you the news from Portsmouth, Jim listens to lots and lots and lots of music, watches obscure silent films from the '20s and usually has three books going at once. He also loves to cook crazy New Orleans dishes for his wife of 25 years, Michelle, and their two sons, Jake and Max.