MACKAY ELECTED IN KERN SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTE.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Daily News Staff Writer Voters elected to the Southern Kern Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. board the man whose appointment last November was overturned by a petition drive that forced Tuesday's special election. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. unofficial final returns late Tuesday, Morrison ``Ed'' Mackay finished ahead of Ralph Nelson, Robert Nelson, Robert, 1794–1873, Canadian rebel, b. Montreal; brother of Wolfred Nelson. Like his brother, he was a surgeon in the War of 1812, and with him he entered the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada in 1827 as a supporter of Louis Joseph Papineau. Vincelette Jr. and Timothy Schank in the special election to fill the board seat formerly held by Paul Rodriguez For Rodriguez's son, the professional skateboarder, see . Paul Rodriguez (born January 19, 1955 in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico) is a Mexican American comedian. , who moved to Texas to take a new job. Mackay will serve out the remaining two years left on Rodriguez' term. Mackay had been appointed to the post in November by the remaining four school board members, but a petition drive spearheaded by Schank collected enough signatures from residents to overturn Mackay's appointment and force an election. District officials estimated the election cost $19,000. Turnout Tuesday was 14.6 percent of registered voters, according to Kern County election officials. Mackay, 60, has lived in Rosamond since 1981. He's a retired 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. Safety Police officer and now runs a Quartz Hill security business. A Kern County Sheriff's Department reserve deputy, Mackay served on the Rosamond Community Services District from 1984 to 1996. |
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