{"id":148797,"date":"2018-07-09T18:00:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T23:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=148797"},"modified":"2018-07-10T21:19:48","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T02:19:48","slug":"school-board-appoints-rural-member-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=148797","title":{"rendered":"School board appoints Gleason as rural member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Gleason3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-148832\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Gleason3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Gleason3-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Gleason3-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Gleason3.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Gleason3-233x175.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Public School Business Manager Sally Ost says Melissa Gleason will serve a full four year term as the appointed School Board Rural representative, .<\/p>\n<p>She says that stems from the fact that she will fill the seat that Sedric\u00a0Trevithick,\u00a0 was running for, which is a four year term.<\/p>\n<p>Previously&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0 After interviewing candidates, the Jamestown Public School Board Monday evening selected a rural school board member.\u00a0 The vote was unanimous 8-0.<\/p>\n<p>Melissa Gleason will succeed Sedric Trevithick, who while voting in the Jun 12, 2018 school board elections, was found not eligible to be a school board member, having moved out of the school district to the Barnes County North District, after being appointed to serve out a two year term, while living in the Jamestown Public School District.<\/p>\n<p>She was the only person to file and intent for the seat by the July 5, 2018 deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Gleason is employed by the University of Jamestown and lives in Homer Township with her husband, Robert.<\/p>\n<p>The school district opted to appoint the vacant rural seat, in lieu of holding\u00a0 special election, that would have needed to be held within 60 days of the June election.<\/p>\n<p>In the June 12th elections, no candidate filed to run for the other rural seat, held by Greg Allen who previously decided not to seek re-elected.<\/p>\n<p>Allen received the majority of write-in votes, and he has agreed to serve another term.<\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div class=\"column column-double column-last widget single\">\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>He has served more than 20 years on the school board.<\/p>\n<p>Others receiving write-in votes were: Heidi Williams who received 6 write-in votes, and Mark Sherfy who received 5 votes. Melissa Gleason, Kelly Seckerson and Sara Wilson received 2 votes each. There were 27 individuals with 1 vote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Public School Business Manager Sally Ost says Melissa Gleason will serve a full four year term as the appointed School Board Rural representative, . She says that stems from the fact that she will fill the seat that Sedric\u00a0Trevithick,\u00a0 was running for, which is a four year term. 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