Prince Edward Faculty Board appears to be like to fill vacant seat – Farmville

Prince Edward Faculty Board appears to be like to fill vacant seat

Printed 3:30 pm Thursday, August 25, 2022

FARMVILLE – The Prince Edward Faculty Board wants a brand new consultant for District 1. Anybody within the job could have two possibilities to use, each now and in November.

As The Herald reported earlier this month, Dr. Peter Gur was not too long ago appointed to fill a emptiness on the Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors. Gur was chosen to function a short lived alternative, filling the vacant seat left when Beverley Sales space stepped down in July for well being causes. A particular election will likely be held in November to choose somebody to serve the remainder of Sales space’s time period.

However his appointment left one other emptiness, this one on the county faculty board.

When are functions due?

To fill this place, the college board is presently accepting functions from these . The emptiness should be crammed inside 45 days, so a call should be made for an interim by Sept. 19.

Registered voters residing in District 1 in Prince Edward County are inspired to ship in a letter of curiosity and a resume to Clerk of the Board Janet McConville, at 35 Eagle Drive, Farmville, VA 23901. These functions need to be in by Aug. 26 to be thought-about.

Very similar to these appointed to the Board of Supervisors this yr, the interim will serve on the board with all powers of the elected workplace till the Tuesday, Nov. 8 particular election.

“Anybody taken with operating in November can accomplish that, nonetheless, within the meantime we will put in an interim,” mentioned Prince Edward Superintendent Dr. Barbara Johnson.

Prince Edward Faculty Board modifications process

Electing a college board member is nearly a brand new thought in Prince Edward County. In years previous, faculty board members have been chosen by a a lot completely different course of. As an alternative of Prince Edward County residents voting for his or her choose, new members have been appointed by the Board of Supervisors. Solely a handful of cities and counties in Virginia nonetheless use that follow.

This modified in 2016 when residents voted to immediately elect faculty board members.

With the a number of interim members appointed this yr, we’ll have particular elections for each the board of supervisors and college board in Prince Edward County this November.