NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Since Jane Gamber is stepping down from the USD 309 Nickerson-South Hutchinson Board of Education later this year, Hutch Post asked Superintendent Curtis Nightingale to explain how her spot in the Reno Valley portion of the district will be filled.
"We've already advertised that spot and I've gotten one applicant so far," Nightingale said. "Basically how that process works is we advertise that and then people that live in that area of our district, they basically fill out a questionnaire and then, you know, I meet with them to kind of go through the questionnaire with them. Then I invite them to the board meeting, the next board meeting, and the board has an opportunity. They'll have looked through that questionnaire as well. There'll be kind of a Q and A. The applicant will get a chance to introduce themselves, etc. And then, and at that point after that conversation, the board, if there's a motion and a second for one of those candidates to take a position, there'll be a vote. If four vote in favor of that particular candidate, then they take the seat immediately."
According to Nightingale, Gamber was just re-elected, so the person appointed will serve until the next school board election and then need to run for the seat to keep it. Applications are due by Aug. 30 at noon.