Amador County – The Amador County Unified School District Board of Trustees passed a resolution last week announcing upcoming elections in November in School Board Districts Areas 4 and 5, to be on the November ballot. ¶ Superintendent Dick Glock said the School District Area 4 seat held by Trustee Mary Walser and District Area 5 seat held by President Wally Upper would be coming up for election for the first time since Amador Unified switched from a seven-member board to a five-member board.

The Board voted 5-0 to approve a resolution giving notice of the governing board member election and declaration of candidacy period, notifying the Amador County Elections department that the seats would be on the Nov. 6 general election ballot.

The resolution notes that “trustee area boundaries are coterminous with the adopted county supervisorial districts.” Qualifications for candidacy are that the “candidate must be a registered voter and reside within the trustee area.”

Declarations of candidacy may be obtained at the Elections Department, in the County Admin Building at 810 Court Street in Jackson, beginning July 16. Candidacy papers must be filed with County Clerk Sheldon Johnson by no later than 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10. The resolution noted that if an eligible incumbent does not file a declaration of candidacy by that deadline, voters shall have until 5 p.m. on Aug 15 to nominate candidates other than the incumbent for the office.

The resolution said that the “County Superintendent of Schools, by this Notice of Election has called the election,” by order of the School Board. Glock said School Board seats in District Areas 1, 2 and 3 will be up for election in two years. The resolution also detailed appointment procedures, if no one files for the races.

Trustees and staff also discussed the restoration of staff hours and furlough days, restored to previous levels of 2010, when the board approved a voluntary 10 percent reduction of their monthly compensation as a show of support and solidarity for the concession and salary reductions taken by all District and Office of Education employees. Trustees approved restoring the reductions.

Trustee Pat Miller said he had been asked about the difference in furlough days between teachers, who had eight furlough days, and administrators, who had five furlough days in the previous agreement. An employee group representative also asked for an explanation of the difference.

Nancy Gamache, executive director of personnel for the Office of Education said the percentage of furloughs taken by each group is the same. Teachers work more days than administrators, so they had more actual furlough days in the 2010 agreement. Each group agreed to a 10 percent reduction by furlough.

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