School Board Announces Application and Selection Process for Interim Position

School Board Announces Application and Selection Process for Interim Position

The Corvallis School Board is seeking applications for interim School Board member position #7. The interim term runs from November 5, 2024, through June 30, 2025. If an applicant desires to remain in position #7 beyond June 30, 2025, they must file for election by the statutory deadline through the Benton County Elections Department. This is a public election; there is no guarantee that the public will elect the interim appointee. The board seeks greater diversity in its membership.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Resident of the District for one year as of November 5, 2024.
2. Qualified voter of the District.
3. Not an employee of the District.
4. Attend the November 5, 2024, School District Board of Directors meeting and participate in the selection process. 

To apply

To be considered, a letter of application must be received by 5:00 p.m. on September 20, 2024. Applicants bear sole responsibility for ensuring that their applications are complete and submitted on time and include all of the following information:  

• Applicant’s:
  • Name as it appears on the voter registration record
  • Date of birth (for voter registration verification)
  • Home address
  • Email address
  • Telephone number
• Reason applicant wants to serve on the board.
• Applicant’s qualifications for the position.
• Skills the applicant would bring to the board.
• Names and telephone numbers for two personal references and one professional/business reference.
• Answers to the following questions:
  1. Are you interested in the position only until the end of the interim term (June 30, 2025), or do you plan to run for election for the remaining two years of the term (through June 30, 2027.)
  2. Effective board members must engage in various relationships, for example, with the superintendent, staff, other board members, parents, and the community. How do you perceive a board member’s relationship with each of these?  
  3. Looking ahead to the end of your appointment in June 2025, what do you think will be the two most difficult issues facing the school district, and what would you do to address them?

Application methods 

1. U.S. mail to Corvallis School Board, Attention: Kim Nelson, PO Box 3509J, Corvallis, OR, 97339.
2. Hand delivery to Corvallis School District Office, Attention: Kim Nelson, 1555 SW 35th Street, Corvallis, OR, 97333.
3. Email attachment to Kim Nelson at [email protected].

Selection process

The selection process will be conducted in a public meeting of the School Board on November 5, 2024. Applicants are required to attend the meeting and participate in the selection process; failure to attend and/or participate will eliminate an applicant from further consideration.

Information Meetings

School board members will offer several opportunities to meet, learn more about the Board’s role, and ask questions about the application process.

• August 26, 2024
  • New Morning Bakery
  • 219 SW 2nd Street, Corvallis
  • 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

• August 27, 2024
  • Starbucks
  • 5270 Philomath Blvd, Corvallis
  • 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

• August 29, 2024
  • Starbucks 
  • 2408 NW 9th Street, Corvallis
  • 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m

• August 31, 2024
  • Coffee Culture
  • 1195 NW Kings Blvd, Corvallis
  • 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

• September 1, 2024
  • New Morning Bakery
  • 219 SW 2nd Street, Corvallis
  • 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m

• September 3, 2024
  • Starbucks
  • 5270 Philomath Blvd, Corvallis
  •  5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

• September 18, 2024
  • Starbucks 
  • 2408 NW 9th Street, Corvallis
  • 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m

More information

Contact Kim Nelson at [email protected] or 541-757-5841.