PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School Board is expected to select a new board member from among five applicants today.
The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Central Services Building, 216 E. Fourth St.
Rick Marti, 70, a substitute teacher, was elected in the Nov. 3 election and resigned Nov. 16.
Marti was selected by voters over incumbent Lonnie Linn, 60, by a margin of 3,608 votes, or 54.23 percent, to Linn’s 3,045 votes, or 45.77 percent.
Linn said in November he intended to apply for his past position to finish projects he had started, but did not apply.
The board will interview the five applicants during the special meeting, then recess into executive session to evaluate the qualifications of the candidates.
When the board reconvenes in open session, the four current members are expected to vote to select a new board member, who will be sworn in and seated.
The applicants are:
■  Sandra Long, a retired professor of psychology, former board member for United Way of Clallam County and the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center.
■  Jennifer Burkhardt, general counsel for Olympic Medical Center.
■  T. Scott Brandon, relationship development manager at Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics and former United Way resource manager.
■  Gary Gleason, a retired high school science teacher.
■  James Preston. No additional information was available.
The next regular school board meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Central Services Building.
Class size and enrollment reports will be discussed at that meeting, according to the board agenda.
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