LHS Board Of Education Appoints Sarah Pocic As New Member

LEMONT, IL — Lifelong Lemont resident Sarah Pocic has been appointed by the Lemont High School District 210 Board of Education to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of former board member Renée Koehler, the high school shared in a news release. Pocic was sworn in as a member of the District 210 Board of Education at the start of its Oct. 20 meeting.

The former Sarah Forzley, Pocic was a multi-sport athlete and National Honor Society student prior to graduating from Lemont High School in 2007, according to LHS. She will become the second member of her family to graduate from Lemont and eventually serve on the District 210 Board of Education. Her grandfather, the late Joe Forzley ‘45, served on the District 210 Board of Education from 1969-80, and served as Board President from 1977-80.

Pocic is the owner and managing attorney of the Lemont-based Sarah Forzley Pocic LLC, and brings more than a decade of legal experience to her practice, the District said. She and her husband, fellow Lemont alum Graham Pocic ‘08, have four children – Grace, Jack, Hank and Jane.

Pocic earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2011, and a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the University of Illinois College of Law in 2013.

With less than two years remaining on Koehler’s four-year term, the District 210 Board of Education was required by state statute to report the vacancy to the South Cook Intermediate Service Center, and had 60 days to fill the vacancy. A four-year term next will be available for this Board of Education position in Spring 2027.