Dist. 211 could name new board member Thursday

Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 has received 15 applications from people interested in the school board seat left vacant by Susan Kenley-Rupnow's death.

Board President Robert LeFevre said the board spent three hours Monday night interviewing about half the applicants. The interviews resume Tuesday night, and the board hopes to be to able to vote in a new member at Thursday's board meeting.

The district wouldn't divulge the names of the applicants.

Voters elected Kenley-Rupnow to the school board in 2007. The former longtime Hoffman Estates village trustee known for her dedication to the community died Feb. 14 after a long bout with breast cancer. Her successor will serve the remainder of her four-year term, which expires in April 2011.

State law prevented the board from appointing a successor after the April 7 election. If the board failed to fill the seat by the end of March, a regional superintendent would appoint a new board member.

Three other board seats are up for election April 7 in an uncontested race. Incumbents LeFevre and Anna Klimkowicz are running for re-election, while Bill Lloyd chose not to run. Newcomer Edward Yung of Inverness is also running.