{"id":92832,"date":"2019-07-24T21:21:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T21:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-school-board-likely-to-leave-vacancy-for-voters-to-fill\/"},"modified":"2019-07-24T21:21:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T21:21:24","slug":"mancos-school-board-likely-to-leave-vacancy-for-voters-to-fill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-school-board-likely-to-leave-vacancy-for-voters-to-fill\/","title":{"rendered":"Mancos school board likely to leave vacancy for voters to fill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Mancos school board will likely leave a vacant seat open until November, when voters will fill the seat.<\/span>The Journal file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

MANCOS \u2013 The Mancos school board will leave a vacancy unfilled until the school board election in November.<\/p>\n

The board received three applications to fill the post of Ed Whritner, who resigned from last month to become the project-based learning coordinator.<\/p>\n

However, at the board meeting July 15, trustees said they preferred to leave the position vacant until November, when Whritner\u2019s term was up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d just like to let it ride to the election,\u201d said board member Tim Hunter. \u201cWe don\u2019t have to fill that position.\u201d<\/p>\n

All seats on the board are elected at-large and represent the entire school district.<\/p>\n

The three applicants were Bridgett Jabour, Katie Cahill-Volpe, and Nick Manning.<\/p>\n

They were all interviewed prior to the July board meeting. The directors present said all three were highly qualified, and it would be difficult to choose among the three.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know who I could single out at this point,\u201d Board President Blake Mitchell said.<\/p>\n

Board Secretary Pamela Coppinger noted that it takes a while for the board to get \u201cin sync,\u201d and four months might not be enough time for that to happen.<\/p>\n

As board president, Mitchell has 60 days in which he can possibly appoint someone to fill the spot. If he chooses not to, then it goes to an election.<\/p>\n

So far, Mitchell has not opted to appoint anyone.<\/p>\n

In addition to replacing Whritner, Coppinger and Hunter\u2019s terms also end in November, meaning that three seats will be before voters.<\/p>\n

The district\u2019s administrative assistant, Heather McKie, will be able to publish a call for nominations on Aug. 7; the last day to file nominations will be Aug. 30.<\/p>\n

ealvero@the-journal.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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