Coeur d’Alene SB Declares Vacancy

At last night’s school board meeting, the Coeur d’Alene School District Board of Trustees declared a vacancy for the trustee position Zone 4 and outlined the process by which the Board will appoint a person to serve the remainder of the current term through June 2013. Diane Zipperer’s resignation last week, triggered the vacancy and appointment process. The Board of Trustees asks any eligible community member interested in applying for the trustee position to submit an application by Wednesday, May 16, at 5 p.m. to the Clerk of the Board, Lynn Towne at 311 N. 10th Street, Coeur d’Alene. Board member eligibility requires the candidate be a registered voter in the school district with residency in the zone that he or she represents. More below.

Question: Should anyone who isn’t politically aligned with Tom Hamilton, Terri Seymour and appointee James Purtee bother applying?

Zone 4 encompasses: the area south of Kathleen Avenue and west to the district boundary south of the Spokane River.  North of the river between Atlas Road and the west boundary of the district, south of the Industrial Park.  Also included is the area south of Garden Avenue and east to 15 ^th Street and then south to the district boundary near the southern shore of Coeur d’Alene Lake. A detailed map of Zone 4 is available on the district’s website. An application packet must include:

1) Letter of Interest with contact information (telephone, email and residential address) that includes: “A statement about your background; main reasons for applying for the school board trustee position and answers the following question - if appointed, what are your top three objectives?” (letter must be typed, no more than 2 pages, double spaced, 12 point font)

2) Resume

The Board of Trustees will review all applications and discuss appointing a candidate at a public meeting scheduled for Monday, May 21 ^st at 5 p.m., Midtown Center – 1505 N. 5 ^th Street.