LUCAS SAYS HE'LL QUIT SCHOOL BOARD REPLACEMENT LIKELY TO BE APPOINTED TO FILL SEAT UNTIL NOVEMBER ELECTION.Byline: Marci Wormser Staff Writer LAKE LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. - Wilsona School District Trustee Mark Lucas Mark Lucas is the director of the United States Association of Blind Athletes. He also is currently learning physical therapy in South Carolina. intends to resign from his board seat effective Feb. 3 to he can take a job in El Centro El Centro (ĕl sĕn`trō), city (1990 pop. 31,384), seat of Imperial co., SE Calif., near the Mexican border; inc. 1908. It is a processing and shipping center for a heavily irrigated agricultural region (vegetables, grain, cotton, . Trustees will decide at a board meeting Feb. 20 whether to appoint a replacement or call a special election to fill the remaining 34 months in Lucas' term, said board president Maurice Kunkel. ``My suspicion is because it's so much cheaper to appoint a replacement, we'll appoint,'' Kunkel said. Lucas, a teacher at Almondale Middle School in neighboring Keppel Union School District, announced his plans to retire at the Jan. 16 board meeting. He was elected in November 2001 to a four-year term. Kunkel said the cost of a special election could be $7,000 to $18,000. If the board chooses to appoint a replacement, the appointment will take place on March 13. If the board appoints a replacement, Kunkel said, the appointee APPOINTEE. A person who is appointed or selected for a particular purpose; as the appointee under a power, is the person who is to receive the benefit of the trust or power. will fill the seat only until the next school board election in November. Three seats will be up for election on the November ballot, he said. Kunkel said he does not think Lucas' departure will create problems on the board. ``We've been through this in the past,'' he said. ``When someone else retired, we appointed someone ... I know we have people interested in running for the board.'' Lucas, a former Littlerock High School Littlerock High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Littlerock, California. It is the a part of the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). External links
His 14-month term included controversy over the board's decision to bring in local pastors to deliver invocations at board meetings, which Lucas had opposed as likely to be divisive and alienate non-Christians. After a complaint from the Anti-Defamation League Anti-Defamation League B’nai B’rith organization which fights anti-Semitism. [Am. Hist.: Wigoder, 33] See : Anti-Semitism that the first invocation mentioning Jesus Christ Jesus Christ: see Jesus. Jesus Christ 40 days after Resurrection, ascended into heaven. [N.T.: Acts 1:1–11] See : Ascension Jesus Christ kind to the poor, forgiving to the sinful. [N.T. was unconstitutionally sectarian, the board adopted National Conference of Christians and Jews guidelines. ``They are broad and everybody uses them,'' Lucas said at the time. ``The nice thing is they have examples in there. You don't say 'Jesus,' you say 'Creator.' It's something that's neutral and not offensive. I'm glad this is behind us.'' |
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