PORT ANGELES — A public reception for outgoing Port Angeles School Board members is set from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. next Thursday, Dec. 10.
Community members, including school district students and staff, are invited to the reception at the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center, 905 W. Ninth St., for outgoing School Board members Steve Baxter, Patti Happe and Lonnie Linn.
Happe has been a director since 2005. Baxter and Linn have served since 2007. Happe and Baxter didn’t run for reelection.
Linn, who is vice president of the board, lost to Rick Marti in the Nov. 3 election.
Marti resigned before ever taking office and the board is expected to set up the process for appointing a new member on Thursday.
“Patti, Steve and Lonnie have served us, our students and their families, and the community for many years, a combined 26 years as directors,” said Superintendent Marc Jackson.
“They have successfully shepherded us, along with other directors they have served with, through some amazing and challenging times – times which included assessment changes, Common Core, No Child Left Behind, school closures, budget challenges, high school graduation requirements, to name just a few.”
The reception will be followed by a School Board meeting at 7 p.m.
New members
Outgoing members will be recognized, followed by the swearing in of recently-elected directors Dr. Joshua Jones and Susan Shotthafer.
The new members will take office immediately. The three outgoing members will then be off the board.
Jackson plans to recommend to the directors that applications for the vacant position be accepted at the Central Services Building from Dec. 11 through Dec. 30, officials said.
Applications would be screened by the board on Jan. 4-5, with interviews and possible appointment tentatively set for Jan. 7.
Linn has said he plans to apply for the empty seat.
The agenda for Thursday’s meeting will be posted Monday on the district website http://tinyurl.com/PDN-boarddocs.
