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Elmbrook board votes to begin appointment process to fill vacancy after trustee's death
Summary
After legal advice that statute requires vacancies to be filled by appointment, the Elmbrook School District Board voted 5–1 to direct the board president and administration to initiate an appointment process to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Trustee Linda Boucher.
The Elmbrook School District Board of Education voted to begin a formal appointment process to fill the seat left vacant by Trustee Linda Boucher, directing the board president and administration to initiate the search and application process.
The action came after legal counsel Jim Carroll reviewed Wisconsin law and district policy and advised that “the vacancy is filled by appointment until it can be elected at the next spring election,” citing Wisconsin Statute 17.26 and the board’s existing vacancy policy. Carroll told the board the statute uses “shall” language and…
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