NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson USD 308 Superintendent Dr. Dawn Johnson explained to the Board of Education at their meeting Monday night what the procedure is to fill the vacancy created when Kail Denison stepped down from the board.
"We have to, by statute, advertise that in the paper," Johnson said. "We'll do that. After today's board meeting, we'll advertise it in the paper starting tomorrow, it probably takes until Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, for the paper to get it, probably Thursday or Friday. You cannot do anything within 15 days. On the 16th day and after, you can start appointing someone to that position. We'll have the applications close on March 1 at noon."
It then is up to the board what procedure they want to use to appoint, and it may be dependent on who applies.
"Once those applications close on March 1st, I'll get a copy out to you," Johnson said. "At that point, you really have a couple of options. You can just appoint someone from the applications, so on March 18th you could meet. I could give some guidance prior to about looking. It is public, so you have to come back here and talk about it, about, you know, making a nomination, just from the applications. You could take the applications, narrow them down to a top couple, interview those if you want. Then, of course, you have the option to just leave it vacant and not fill it whatsoever."
This is to fill the remaining portion of Denison's term, which Johnson said is two years.
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