Barrineau Named Roanoke County School Board Chairman

The Roanoke County School Board today elected Windsor Hills District representative Drew Barrineau as the school board chairman for 2009. Barrineau replaces outgoing four-time chairman Jerry L. Canada. Vinton District representative Mike Stovall was selected to serve a third term as vice-chairman.

Barrineau first was elected to the Roanoke County School Board in 2001 and was re-elected in 2005. He served as school board vice-chair in 2004 and 2008 and was first named school board chairman in 2005.

Barrineau holds a bachelors degree in accounting from Virginia Tech and is a certified public accountant. He currently is employed by Norfolk Southern as a tax accountant. Barrineau is a past-president of the Roanoke chapter of the National Association of Accountants.

Barrineau is no stranger to school leadership. He has served on several school committees including the Career, Technical and Adult Education Advisory Committee; Construction Committee; Superintendent's Budget Committee; Administrative/Teacher Salary Committee; Audit Committee and the Employee Benefits Committee.

Barrineau is active in his community as well, having served as the PTA president at Hidden Valley Junior High School (now Hidden Valley Middle School) in 1988-1999 and as the PTA treasurer for the Oak Grove Elementary PTA from 1992 to 1994.

Barrineau is married with two children, both of whom graduated from Hidden Valley High School.

“I am looking forward to continuing the excellent leadership of this school board,” said Barrineau. “We will have some difficult challenges ahead of us this year, and together we will work to face those challenges,” Barrineau added.