Wednesday, June 17, 2009

All in the Family

Two Relatives set for Boyd Co Board

This from the Daily Independent:
SUMMIT — Two applicants are scheduled to meet with a committee that will recommend an interim member of the Boyd County Board of Education.

However, the vacant seat may not be filled in time for the new member to vote on the board’s most pressing matter at the moment: whether to rehire Superintendent Howard K. Osborne.

The applicants are Tammy Pruitt and Charles Williams. Pruitt is the wife of Phillip Pruitt, the board member who resigned in April because of a conflict of interest. Williams is the brother of board member Teresa Cornette...

Although relatives of board members may not work for the district, there is no statute prohibiting relatives from serving on the same board, [Kentucky Board of Education spokeswoman Lisa] Gross said...

The committee that vets applicants forwards a recommendation to the commissioner of education, who then makes the appointment. Also, the commissioner or the committee may request additional applicants, Gross said...

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