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[[File:For Chronicle 2023052023-05-23-school-board-brandon-PXL 20230523 220735359.jpg|alt=A man sits at a board table at a meeting|thumb|Brandon Shurr at the May 23 meeting of the Monroe County Community School Corporation board. ]]
Brandon Shurr is director of the [https://studentlife.indiana.edu/care-advocacy/advocates/help/index.html Student Advocates Office at Indiana University]. Until March 2025, he represented District 7 on the [https://www.mccsc.edu/31505_2 Monroe County Community School Corporation board of trustees].
Brandon Shurr is director of the [https://studentlife.indiana.edu/care-advocacy/advocates/help/index.html Student Advocates Office at Indiana University]. Until March 2025, he represented District 7 on the [https://www.mccsc.edu/31505_2 Monroe County Community School Corporation board of trustees].


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'''Timeline: Brandon Shurr'''
'''Timeline: Brandon Shurr'''


* '''2023-10-24''': Brandon Shurr presides over his last board meeting as president, before stepping down as president of the board.
* '''2022-11-08''': Brandon Shurr is re-elected after running unopposed for the District 7 MCCSC board seat.
* '''2022-11-08''': Brandon Shurr is re-elected after running unopposed for the District 7 MCCSC board seat.
* '''2022-01-04''': Brandon Shurr is elected president of the MCCSC board.
* '''2022-01-04''': Brandon Shurr is elected president of the MCCSC board.
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* '''2004-2008''': Brandon Shurr attends North Park Theological Seminary, studying for a master of divinity degree
* '''2004-2008''': Brandon Shurr attends North Park Theological Seminary, studying for a master of divinity degree
* '''??''': Graduates from Ball State University with a bachelor's degree in social work
* '''??''': Graduates from Ball State University with a bachelor's degree in social work
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A man sits at a board table at a meeting
Brandon Shurr at the May 23 meeting of the Monroe County Community School Corporation board.

Brandon Shurr is director of the Student Advocates Office at Indiana University. Until March 2025, he represented District 7 on the Monroe County Community School Corporation board of trustees.

He first ran for the District 7 school board seat in 2014 and was defeated by incumbent Jeannine Butler. In 2018 he ran again, this time unopposed, and was elected to a four-year term for District 7. The school board elected him president in 2022. In November of that year he ran unopposed for the District 7 seat and was re-elected for a second term.

Prior to working at IU, Shurr was pastor at Sacred Heart Church in Bloomington. He has a bachelor’s degree in social work from Ball State University and a master of divinity degree from North Park Theological Seminary. He grew up in Valparaiso, Indiana.

Shurr is married to Jessica Shurr, a speech and language pathologist with MCCSC. They have 3 daughters.

Timeline: Brandon Shurr

  • 2023-10-24: Brandon Shurr presides over his last board meeting as president, before stepping down as president of the board.
  • 2022-11-08: Brandon Shurr is re-elected after running unopposed for the District 7 MCCSC board seat.
  • 2022-01-04: Brandon Shurr is elected president of the MCCSC board.
  • 2018-11-06: Brandon Shurr runs unopposed for the District 7 MCCSC board seat and is elected
  • 2015: Brandon Shurr starts working for Indiana University Student Affairs
  • 2014-11-04: Brandon Shurr runs for the District 7 MCCSC board seat and is defeated by incumbent Jeannine Butler
  • 2012-??: Brandon Shurr serves as pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Bloomington
  • 2004-2008: Brandon Shurr attends North Park Theological Seminary, studying for a master of divinity degree
  • ??: Graduates from Ball State University with a bachelor's degree in social work