U-46 seeks board members

Three seats on School District U-46 Board of Education to be filled. Nominating petition forms for the April 7, 2009, school board election for School District U-46 are now available. Forms can be picked up from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on business days in the office of the board secretary, Patrick Broncato, at 355 E. Chicago St., second floor, in Elgin.

A school board candidate's petition must be filed in the same office no earlier than 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20 and no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 26.

Candidates' names will appear on the election ballot in the order in which their nominating papers are received in the secretary's office.

Three seats on the seven-board member board of education will be filled at the April 7 election. Candidates elected will serve four-year terms expiring in April 2013.

Candidates must reside within the School District U-46 boundaries which include portions of Elgin, South Elgin, Bartlett, Hoffman Estates, Streamwood, Hanover Park, Wayne, Carol Stream, West Chicago, and Schaumburg.

Additional information on School District U-46 and its Board of Education is available online at u-46.org.