Only during a pandemic does a 4th grader get to administer the official oath of office to swear in his mother.
Previous Santa Barbara School Board President Laura Capps was re-sworn into office over Zoom Friday night by her 4th-grader son, Oscar. She was sworn in along with incumbent Wendy Sims-Moten, her adult son RJ, and newcomer Virginia Alvarez, who was sworn in twice both in Spanish by her daughter, Monica, and in English by her 4th-grader niece, Victoria.
“To get to come and do this again is such an honor and a responsibility,” Sims-Moten said after taking her oath. “We are in very challenging times, but we’re up for that. I’m ready, willing, and able to do that along with my sister boardmembers.”