New Board of Ed members incoming

 ...and thus the reason for the postponed meeting!
You might remember that the Board of Ed postponed their decision regarding the MCAS graduation requirement--the competency determination--from their June meeting to a July meeting (which doesn't usually happen). Such a meeting had been posted for Monday, and then cancelled. 
Today, State House News Service discovered what had happened:

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education sent notice Friday afternoon that the board was to hold a special meeting Monday at 9 a.m. to discuss, among other topics, changes to the district and school accountability system for 2022. A little after 8 p.m. Friday, the department sent an updated notice saying Monday's meeting would be rescheduled without providing an explanation for the change. A DESE official subsequently informed the News Service that the terms for two board members -- Vice Chair James Morton and Amanda Fernández -- expired June 30 and that the appointment of their replacements was being finalized. 

To answer some of the usual questions:

• Yes, this is Governor Baker's appointment: the Governor appoints members to the Board of Ed.
•  Yes, these members of the Board will serve after Governor Baker's term is done. Board of Ed members' terms are intentionally, by state law, non-coterminous with the Governor's term (with the exception of the Secretary, and the position of the Board Chair). 
• No, these aren't particular seats: the parent, labor, business seats are all already occupied.