After two rounds of interviews with 13 candidates, the Albemarle County School Board voted unanimously to name David Storm to the “at-large” vacancy.
“Ultimately, we believe Mr. Storm brings unique perspectives to the board as a parent, a legal expert, a business leader, and an engaged resident who will ask hard questions, challenge the status quo, and work collaboratively with the board as we navigate the challenges and opportunities in the year ahead,” said School Board Chair Rebecca Berlin in a news release. (Read more about the other candidates in this report from Cville Right Now).
Storm will be sworn in at the Oct. 8 school board meeting. In the “at-large” board member role, he will represent all of Albemarle County as opposed to a single district. Storm is stepping in to serve the rest of Allison Spillman’s term until December 2027. If Storm wishes to continue serving on the Board, he would have to run and be elected to the seat.
Storm and other board members are tasked with finding a new superintendent. For the last several months, the Albemarle County Public Schools (ACPS) community has been shaken by the arrest of two staffers for sexual crimes involving children. In the wake of the arrests Superintendent Matthew Haas and Hollymead Principal Joseph McCauley resigned.
Spillman resigned in August for unrelated reasons, and she recently told C-VILLE Weekly how she had received death threats and experienced harassment during her tenure. In October 2025, Spillman came under fire from some community members for one of her social media posts, as reported by Cville Right now.
Storm will be the second member of the board with children currently attending ACPS schools. He’s served the school district since 2018 on the long-range planning advisory committee, according to the news release. Storm was a legal analyst with LexisNexis in Charlottesville from 2005 to 2024. He also held a senior administrative role in athletics at the American University in Washington D.C. from 2018 to 2022 and taught governance of collegiate athletics as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Virginia’s School of Education and Human Development.
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Attend the Oct. 8 Albemarle County School Board meeting
The Albemarle County School Board will hold its next regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8 at the Albemarle County office building at 401 McIntire Rd. in the Lambs Lane auditorium on the second floor. The agenda will be posted here, and you can view more information about how to view a live stream of the meeting here. You can sign up for public comment on the day of the meeting or submit your name here.
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