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Katy Boehm will fill the role her mother once held on the Leyden High School District 212 Board of Education.

The Leyden High School District 212 School Board swore her in at its Nov. 13 meeting. For Boehm, it’s something of a return to her roots, as a graduate of the high school and then as a longtime color guard coach. But then, she’s also taking the seat of Sandra Boehm, her mother, who was a longtime board member.

She’s continuing a family legacy of service.

Her mother died in October and in an obituary , her husband, Kenneth Boehm, said the elder Boehm joined the board because of her family.

“She wanted to give back because the high school was so good to our daughters,” he said

Now, Katy Boehm will fulfill her mother’s legacy. Not t

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