To give local community members an opportunity to explore the “A-B-C’s” of what serving on a school board means, Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 is hosting an informal coffee on Tuesday, October 28 at 7:00 p.m. at the District 64 Educational Service Center (ESC), 164 S. Prospect Ave., Park Ridge.
A short overview of Board duties and the election process will be presented, followed by an open Q & A with several current and past Board members.
“The work of a Board of Education is crucial to the overall success of a district,” according to Superintendent Laurie Heinz. “Please consider attending the meeting to see if Board work is for you, and hear directly from other community members who have served in this way,” she added.
District 64 will elect a total of four members on April 7, 2015: three, four-year terms and one, two-year term. Elections are non-partisan.
New this year, recent legislation significantly changed school board election procedures. District 64 is no longer the election authority for distributing information or receiving nominating papers. Instead, the Cook County Clerk handles the filing of nominating papers. Papers must be filed directly with the Clerk’s office from December 15 through December 22.
District 64’s website offers resources about Board service and links to candidate filing information on the Board Election 2015 page.