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Tuesday, December 5, 2006
School board choice a no decision
The Dayton Board of Education completed interviews of six applicants for its vacant seat late Tuesday but decided to hold off on making a final choice for at least a day. Board President Gail Littlejohn said board members will mull over the choice and she will speak individually to them Wednesday.
If a consensus emerges, the board could name its choice as early as Wednesday. But if the board is divided, Littlejohn said two finalists would be invited to a second interview later this week. The board must name a new board member by next Tuesday, when its next meeting is scheduled.
Littlejohn credited the strength of the candidate field for making this a tough choice.
“You’ve just got different skill sets,” she said of the applicants. “We spent tonight talking about the skill sets we have and what we need going forward. The good news is we’ve got some good candidates.”
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A new board member by tonight
We should get a new Dayton school board member later tonight. Yesterday the board interviewed four candidates. Tonight they’ll do two more. And when the interviews are done, they expect to name Clayton Luckie’s replacement.
Anyone want to venture a guess as to who they will pick? The have a good field to pick from — two ex-teachers, an active parent, a former day care director, a lawyer who was a top DPS graduate in 1999 and a guy who ran for mayor last year.
Who the board picks will say a lot about that person and about the board. The biggest question in my mind is whether they go with the high profile choice — former mayoral candidate David Bohardt — and why the did or did not pick him in the end.
Do you have a favorite? Or do you think you know who the board will pick? Let us know in the comments.
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