Thursday, March 27, 2008

School board to pick trustee's replacement

Source: http://signonsandiego.com/news/education/20080327-9999-1m27delmar.html

By Helen Gao
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

March 27, 2008

The Del Mar school board will appoint a replacement for Linda Crawford instead of holding an election. Crawford resigned earlier this month.

The Del Mar Union School District board yesterday approved procedures and a timeline for the appointment to be made May 7 at a public meeting at which applicants will each have five minutes to speak. The meeting will be at Ocean Air School, 11444 Canter Heights Drive. Applicants will start addressing the board at 3:15 p.m.

The district will advertise the vacancy in newspapers between Tuesday and April 15. Application packets will be available Tuesday on the district's Web site at www.dmusd.org and at district offices, 225 Ninth St.

Applications are due by 3 p.m. April 25 by fax, mail or delivery to the district's offices. Applications are public records and will be available for review.

Crawford was one of two trustees who voted Feb. 26 against buying out Superintendent Tom Bishop's contract. The board approved the buyout with a 3-2 vote.

Crawford resigned March 12. Her term expires in November, and her replacement will serve until then.