According to HSE Schools, 24 people have submitted applications to fill the school board term of Mike Bottorff, who resigned from the board citing family responsibilities as the reason.  The deadline to apply was 4pm last Friday.  So, the question is, what happens next?

The school board will meet in executive session June 12th in order to  determine a set of  3-5 finalists.  The names of those finalists will be announced either before or during the June 12th public board meeting, after the private session.  Those finalists will be interviewed by school board members at a public meeting set for June 18th, 3pm, at the school administration building.  Board members plan to act as a panel in questioning the candidates.

The board will hold a vote at the June 26th regular board meeting naming the new board member.  It is not known when the new school board member will be sworn-in. Under state law, when there is a vacancy on a school board, the remaining board members vote on the replacement.

There are six HSE School Board members remaining.  If there would be a tie vote on naming a replacement for Mr. Bottorff, , or the board could not agree on the new board member, a Circuit Court judge would make the decision.  The Circuit Court judge in Hamilton County is Judge Paul Felix.

The new board member will serve the remaining term for the Fall Creek Township at-large seat held by Mike Bottorff.  That seat is up for re-election in the fall of 2020.