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Final School Board Meeting for 2017-18 set for June 19, 6:30 pm

The Corvallis School Board will meet on June 19, 2017 to complete their business for the 2017-18 school year. The meeting agenda includes discussion and adoption of the 2017-18 school budget and the swearing in of elected board members. Outgoing board members will also be recognized. Those who have completed their terms are directors Bill Kemper, Scott Newsham, and Tom Sauret. The meeting will also include the election of board officers including chair and vice chair.

Congratulations to two returning and three newly elected board members who were elected in the May 16 special election. Returning board members are Sami Al-AbdRabbuh, position 1 and Vincent Adams, position 4. Newly elected board members are Jay Conroy, position 5, Ed Junkins, position 6, and Sarah Finger McDonald, position 7.  Mr. Conroy is a former Corvallis High School principal and is a long time Corvallis resident. Mr. Junkins is a pediatrician and the dean of academic affairs at Western University of Health Sciences in Lebanon. Ms. Finger McDonald is an academic adviser in the Department of Horticulture at OSU.

School board members serve as volunteers and their responsibilities primarily include establishing policies that give the district direction to set priorities and achieve its goals. The school board also hires and evaluates the superintendent and adopts and oversees the annual budget.