Education

Stanislaus County Office of Education seeks to appoint temporary board member

The Stanislaus County Office of Education and Volt Institute building in downtown Modesto is pictured in January 2020.
The Stanislaus County Office of Education and Volt Institute building in downtown Modesto is pictured in January 2020. aalfaro@modbee.com

The Stanislaus County Office of Education seeks applicants to temporarily fill the Area 3 trustee seat on the Board of Education. The board will decide on an applicant May 21 and the person will fill the position until replaced after the general election in November.

The candidate who wins the election in November will serve the position for four years.

To request a digital application, community members can email vescobar@stancoe.org. Printed applications are also available at the Stanislaus County Office of education. Those interested must submit applications by Monday, May 13, at noon.

To be eligible, an applicant must be a registered voter in Stanislaus County, live in Trustee Area 3 boundaries, be 18 or older and not be employed by SCOE or any school district in Stanislaus County.

Trustee Area 3 comprises portions of these school districts: Hart-Ransom Union, Modesto City Schools, Patterson Joint Unified, Paradise Elementary, Salida Union, Shiloh Elementary, Stanislaus Union, and Sylvan Union.

The seat was held by Kimberly Spina, who was elected in 2020 but has stepped down “due to personal reasons and responsibilities,” according to SCOE.

The board plans to review the applications, interview eligible candidates and make the provisional appointment at a special board meeting on May 21 at 9:30 a.m.

This story was originally published April 23, 2024 at 6:00 AM.

Taylor Johnson
The Modesto Bee
Taylor Johnson covers education and general assignment for The Modesto Bee. Originally from Las Vegas, she received her master’s in journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism in New York and got her bachelor’s degree at the University of Nevada, Reno. She also previously worked as a substitute at Clark County School District.
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