NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND SOLICITATION OF APPLICANTS TO FILL THE VACANCY
Posted on 07/12/2012

The Board of Education of the Freeport Public Schools invites interested individuals to apply for appointment to a vacant seat on the Board of Education. The term of appointment will end in May of 2013 upon the election of a candidate by the voters of the Freeport Union Free School District to fill the seat.

Applicants must possess the following qualifications: Be a citizen of the United States; be eighteen (18) years of age or older; able to read and write in English; and be a legal resident of the District for a continuous and uninterrupted period of at least one (1) year prior to appointment.

Applicants cannot be an employee of the Freeport Union Free School District; must be the only member of his/her family serving on the Freeport Union Free School District Board; may not simultaneously hold another incompatible public office; must not have been removed from a school district office within one (1) year preceding the date of appointment or election to the Board.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that in order to be considered interested applicants must submit a resume and a statement setting forth the applicant's reasons for applying to fill this vacancy no later than 4 PM on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 to:

District Clerk
Freeport Public Schools
235 No. Ocean Avenue
Freeport, NY 11520

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that selected applicants may be interviewed. A final determination respecting the selection of an applicant to serve as a member of the Board of Education will be made by the Board of Education. It is anticipated that the determination will be made prior to the commencement of the 2013 school year.

For information concerning the District, see the Freeport Public Schools Web site at www.freeportschools.org