Have you Thought about Serving on the School Board? Here’s your Opportunity

The Corvallis School Board is seeking applicants for an interim school board member position. The vacancy they’re seeking to fill runs from November 5, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Whoever fills the vacancy is free to run for a full term next year too.

The vacancy has arisen because Sarah Finger McDonald will be leaving the board to serve as a representative in the Oregon House.

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 pm, Thursday, September 20, 2024. School district officials wish to emphasize that 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 kim.nelson@corvallis.k12.or.us.

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.

For information, contact Contact Kim Nelson at Kim.Nelson@corvallis.k12.or.us or 541-757-5841.