RELATED: Trotwood superintendent Bell to retire in late 2018
Heard is the second Trotwood school board member to resign this year, following Beth Engelhardt, who said she was moving out of the district. Myra Bozeman was appointed to Engelhardt’s seat in August.
Trotwood-Madison schools are at a crucial point, as the district faces the threat of takeover this summer by an Academic Distress Commission if state test scores do not improve this spring.
Within a span of three months this fall, the district placed last of Ohio’s 608 school districts in state test scores, Madison Park Elementary won a state award as a High Progress School of Honor, and Superintendent Kevin Bell announced he will retire in December 2018.
AUGUST: Trotwood names Bozeman to fill school board seat
District residents who are interested in applying for Heard’s seat are asked to contact Trotwood-Madison Treasurer Janice Allen at 854-3050, ext. 1137, to get an application. The application and a resume must be returned to Allen by Jan. 22.
A district news release this week said the rest of the five-member school board will review all applications and name the replacement within 30 days of Heard’s departure. In January when the decision is made, the other four board members will be Denise Moore, who was re-elected last month, Vanessa Jeter-Freeman, who is in the middle of a four-year term, and Bozeman and Norman Scearce, who were newly elected in November.
Barring takeover by a Distress Commission, the school board member appointed to Heard’s seat will serve through December 31, 2019, with the next school board election scheduled for November 2019.
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