If you ever thought about serving on the South Milwaukee School Board, this might be your chance.
One person – incumbent Theresa C. Travia — has declared to run for School Board this spring. Here’s the problem: Two seats are up for election.
That sets up a scenario where one of the two spots — the one to be vacated by board member Kristin Grenier-Drenzek — will be filled by a write-in candidate, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
Surprising news … and disappointing. Apathy is never a good thing.
“I am sure there will be an effort made by private citizens and so forth as it becomes public,” Superintendent David Ewald told the Journal Sentinel.
I hope so. Candidates serve three-year terms.
Yikes!
Considering how important the school board is, it’s a shame to see there aren’t enough candidates for the vacant seats.
[...] You’ll recall that, unfortunately, Travia was the only declared candidate for some time after fellow incumbent Kristin Grenier-Drenzek decided not to run for re-election. [...]
[...] to see that there will at least be three candidates on the ballot. You’ll recall that in 2009 just one candidate (Theresa Travia) declared to run for two open School Board seats. Joe Weirich beat Dufek as [...]