BURBANK BOARD SEEKS TO FILL SEAT\Hooven departure left school position vacant.Byline: Jeannette DeSantis Daily News Staff Writer The Burbank Board of Education is seeking applicants for a seat vacated by the former board president, who resigned in the fallout fallout, minute particles of radioactive material produced by nuclear explosions (see atomic bomb; hydrogen bomb; Chernobyl) or by discharge from nuclear-power or atomic installations and scattered throughout the earth's atmosphere by winds and convection currents. over what he knew about a high school sex scandal. From a pool of applicants, the board will appoint someone to finish Joseph Hooven's two-year term. At a meeting Thursday, the board named as its new president, Mike McDonald Mike McDonald (born June 22, 1958 in North Hollywood, California) is a former professional American football player who played long snapper for nine seasons in the NFL. . It selected board member Elena Hubbel as vice president. A criminal case against Salle Dumm, an adult fund-raiser, who is accused of seducing se·duce tr.v. se·duced, se·duc·ing, se·duc·es 1. To lead away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct. See Synonyms at lure. 2. To induce to engage in sex. 3. a. a football player and offering him money for sex, has monopolized the board's attention since November. "We need to get on to bigger and better things," McDonald said. "We have cleaned things up and investigated things. The only thing left is to find a fifth member." The board, with Hooven's blessing, created a subcommittee sub·com·mit·tee n. A subordinate committee composed of members appointed from a main committee. subcommittee Noun to investigate any misconduct MISCONDUCT. Unlawful behaviour by a person entrusted in any degree: with the administration of justice, by which the rights of the parties and the justice of the, case may have been affected. 2. on Hooven's part. But the board president refused to testify in front of the subcommittee, instead calling it a witch hunt. Hooven resigned several days after the subcommittee released transcripts of their investigation that included accusations that he tried to cover up the alleged incident between Dumm and the 17-year-old youth. Hooven has admitted he was told of the incident months before it was reported to police but said he didn't report it because he believed it was a "rumor RUMOR. A general public report of certain things, without any certainty as to their truth. 2. In general, rumor cannot be received in evidence, but when the question is whether such rumor existed, and not its truth or falsehood, then evidence of it may be given. ." Denise Lioy Wilcox said the board is moving beyond the controversy. "I don't believe we have a problem with credibility," Wilcox said. "We have basically cleaned up our own house." |
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