(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - Earlier today, Ketchikan School Board Member Misty Browne tendered her resignation from the board, effective immediately.  Browne was elected to the Board of Education for a three-year term in October 2015 with her term to expire October 2018.

School Board President Trevor Shaw in a prepared statement said, "Misty Browne has served as a passionate and engaged member of the Ketchikan School Board for almost five years; having served a three-year term from 2011 to 2014, and again serving from 2015 to 2017. Her commitment to the citizens and children of Ketchikan is appreciated beyond words. On behalf of the Board of Education, I would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to Misty for her years of service to our community. She truly was an amazing asset to our Board. We wish her the greatest success in her future endeavors." 

The Ketchikan Board of Education will consider acceptance of the resignation at the School Board meeting Wednesday night. If the resignation is accepted, the Board will have thirty days from then to fill the vacancy resulting from the resignation. The appointee will serve until a replacement is chosen by the voters in the October municipal election.

Quoting a news release from Shaw, the School Board President and the School Superintendent are currently working with Ketchikan Gateway Borough Officials to ensure that necessary deadlines are met in order for the seat to appear on the ballot for that October election.

The Ketchikan School Board will hold a regular meeting Wednesday, July 12, 2017. The meeting will be held in the Borough Assembly Chambers and is scheduled to begin at 6:00 PM. The public is invited to attend.

On the Web:

July 12, 2017 Agenda & Detailed Information Packets
https://www.kgbsd.org/domain/621

Editing by Mary Kauffman, SitNews

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Ketchikan School Board

 

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