School board to hold special meeting Wednesday, Jan. 25 to discuss vacancy

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The Columbia Borough School Board will hold a Special Meeting on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at 5:30 p.m. in the District Administration Center, 200 N. 5th Street to discuss the vacant board position and take any necessary action, and to address any other matter that comes before the board.

The legal notice is HERE.

Comments

Anonymous said…
School board members should vote to end this nonsense with Elanco.

It seems that all these problems are caused by this agreement.
January 24, 2017 at 11:13 AM
Anonymous said…
If this agreement was never approved and the director position was never approved and the state money is not coming, a vote to end the agreement should be taken because this agreement is under scrutiny, unfunded, costly, and it causes great concern for Columbia citizens.
January 24, 2017 at 11:39 AM
Anonymous said…
Many comments on this site express interest in removing the director of operations.

If the focus would be instead to end the agreement for it's obvious shortcomings, then the director of operations would go , along with the misguided agreement.

January 24, 2017 at 11:58 AM
Anonymous said…
Who were the candidates?
January 24, 2017 at 12:05 PM
Joe Lintner said…
Frank Doutrich filed a petition for the seat.
Jenna Irene Geesey was interviewed by the board last week.
January 24, 2017 at 12:19 PM
Anonymous said…
The only way to end this agreement is to fill the board meetings ,tell the board members your wishes, through voices, signs, or petitions.
January 24, 2017 at 12:26 PM
Anonymous said…
If Mr. Doutrich's petition is thrown out by this board and their attorney,then there is little hope for integrity in the process.
January 24, 2017 at 12:29 PM
Anonymous said…
Frank Doutrich refused to take part in the interview process set by the board. He did not petition for the seat, he petitioned to have the courts decide who would fill the vacancy, which means they could appoint one of these candidates or neither.
January 24, 2017 at 4:36 PM
Joe Lintner said…
I don't think that's correct. Frank Doutrich paid $164.25 to file a petition containing 11 signatures supporting him for the seat.
January 24, 2017 at 5:51 PM
Anonymous said…
Government slanted, as per usual. The court did not and will not be hearing interviews for the position yet they can decide? The resident paying $164.25 and gathering signatures is not acting on his own behalf? Employees at the courthouse had no idea what to do with this matter. It's a COURTHOUSE, one might expect the employees there to know something about it.
January 24, 2017 at 5:59 PM
Anonymous said…
Let a Columbia citizens panel consisting of Democrats and Republicans pick a candidate.
January 24, 2017 at 6:04 PM
Anonymous said…
Right you are! At my job I'm expected to know where to guide people and what is needed to complete their request.
January 24, 2017 at 8:36 PM
Anonymous said…
No, that might be fair.
January 24, 2017 at 8:37 PM
Anonymous said…
As with the borough council, reality is that about four or five people are in control of our tax money. Even if everyone in town were against spending on a particular project those few that have control could do it. So, use of OUR money good or bad rests in the hands of four people.
January 25, 2017 at 6:56 AM
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