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Board outlines timeline, eligibility and application deadline to fill vacant seat
Summary
After board member Brittany Walker announced her departure, the board described the interim appointment and special election process: interim appointment through December 2025, a petition to circuit court for a special election to fill the remaining one-year term, and an application deadline of April 30 for interested interim appointees.
With Dr. Brittany Walker preparing to leave the area and vacate her board seat, Chesapeake Public Schools officials described the process to fill the vacancy and solicited letters of interest for an interim appointment.
Doctor Smith (board member) explained the timeline required by state law: because the vacancy will extend beyond the next general election, the school board may appoint an interim member to serve through December 2025. The board will then file a petition with the circuit court to schedule a writ of special election to coincide with the next general election, allowing the public to elect a candidate to fill the remaining one-year portion of the term.
Application details and timeline: Doctor Smith said residents interested in the interim seat must submit a letter of interest and resume to the clerk’s office by 4 p.m. on April 30, 2025. At the board’s next meeting the board will present the list of candidates and hold a public hearing to allow community comment prior to an appointment, which would occur before June 17, 2025, if the board chooses to appoint an interim member.
Eligibility requirements listed by Doctor Smith: applicants must reside in the City of Chesapeake, agree to a background investigation, and must not be currently employed by Chesapeake Public Schools (either full- or part-time). Doctor Smith said the school board attorney is preparing the petition to the circuit court and that the vacancy process information will be shared widely with the public.
The information item concluded with well-wishes to Dr. Walker; no appointment was made at this meeting.
