Schools
School Board President Expects to Move Quickly to Fill Vacancy
Bruce Bailey hopes to fill Dave Richlen's vacated seat the week of July 30.
Now that in the Greenfield School Board seat vacated by , board president Bruce Bailey has a tentative plan to fill the void in place.
Former board member Rick Moze; Paul Palama, who ran for the board the last two springs; and newcomer Brandon Rosner submitted resumes and cover letters expressing their candidacy to district offices by the 4 p.m. Monday deadline.
Bailey hopes it’s smooth sailing the rest of the way.
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“We want to move quickly to fill that spot,” he said. “We’re going to talk about it at the meeting next Monday.”
Bailey said at the July 23 board meeting, he will propose to board members they meet the week of July 30 to interview the candidates in a public meeting. He said he’d like the board to choose a candidate immediately following the interviews.
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“I’m hoping we can make a decision promptly,” Bailey said. “The public would be invited to come in and listen to the interviews, listen to the questions and hopefully, we can vote on it and get a replacement in their right away.”
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