Resignation Opens Rumson BOE Seat

If you have an interest in serving a short stint on the Rumson Board of Education, the time is imminent.

There is an empty seat on the board that must be filled by appointment until January, 2013.

The board’s deadline for accepting applications to fill the seat is the end of the business day tomorrow, Aug. 30.

Board member , of Monmouth Avenue, who was in the first year of her second three-year term on the nine-member dais, resigned recently. Hodge was instrumental in bringing an.

While an explanation was not offered for her resignation, Hodge’s unexpired second term expires in 2014.

As a matter of standard protocol, the board must fill Hodge’s seat by appointment until the end of the year.

“All candidates are required to submit letters of interest, resumes and are requested to outline their unique qualifications to fill this important position,” the vacancy announcement on the board’s Web site says. For more specifics on applicant qualification requirements and submission, click here.

Whoever is chosen to fill Hodge’s unexpired term, if they choose to fill the full term, must run in the November board elections to fill the seat beyond January and through 2014.

Anyone else choosing to run for the two-year unexpired term in November must file petitions with the Monmouth County Board of Elections by 10 a.m. on Sept. 7.